Portal Space Systems brings its solar thermal propulsion system up to full power during test

Portal Space Systems says it has successfully tested its solar thermal propulsion system at operational temperatures inside a ...
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Starliner’s flight to the space station was far wilder than most of us thought

As it flew up toward the International Space Station last summer, the Starliner spacecraft lost four thrusters. A NASA astronaut, Butch Wilmore, had to take manual control of the vehicle. But as ...

Scientists Built a Plasma Thruster That Could Vaporize Our Floating Junkyard

With 14,000 pieces of space junk floating in LEO, scientists need a safe, reliable, and affordable way to do some clean ...