To create LignoSat, researchers used honoki, a type of magnolia tree native to Japan and normally used to make sword covers.

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Les Johnson, a leading expert on solar sails for NASA, breaks down the science, and the science fiction of solar sails in ...

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Elon, get those rocket ships going, because we want to reach Mars before the end of my term,” he said on the campaign trail.

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Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson said he doesn’t think Elon Musk’s vision for space travel to Mars is realistic during a ...

When the International Space Station (ISS) is retired at the end of the decade, a collection of commercial space outposts ...

"Bottom line, somebody in the Trump administration is going to say 'we want NASA and the private sector to collectively, as ...

Headed to Jupiter’s moon Europa, NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft is operating without a hitch and will reach Mars in just ...

Hoang is collaborating with Sean Roberson, David Cantu, Gavin Cunningham and Josiah Sparks, all graduate students in the ...