While traditional rockets have gotten us into space for decades, newer tech is on the horizon, like this plasma engine that ...

One of the biggest goals in space exploration is getting humans to the distant planet, Mars. However, reaching Mars involves not just one but myriad engineering challenges, including the long distance ...

NASA has tested a kind of super-fridge that may hold the key to any future crewed mission to Mars. Without the new cryogenic cooler, a ship to Mars would reach the Red Planet with empty fuel tanks, ...

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