Mercury Scout Mission Concept with Solar Sail Propulsion
The planet Mercury is the closest planet to the Sun, and also the most difficult for spacecraft to visit and explore. This is because as spacecraft get closer to Mercury,…
KYTHERA Mission Concept Targets 200-Day Mission to Venus Surface
The planet Venus is often called “Earth’s twin” due to the similar sizes, but the reality couldn’t be farther from the truth. Unlike Earth, which is hospitable to an estimated…
Virgin Galactic expects commercial suborbital flights to resume late this year
Virgin Galactic still expects to resume commercial suborbital flights by the end of the year as its first next-generation spaceplane nears completion. The post Virgin Galactic expects commercial suborbital flights…
Optical Fiber Arrays May Unlock Mysteries Of The Moon’s Deep Interior
Ordinary telecoms grade optical fiber could help planetary scientists better characterize the moon’s deep interior as well as its lava tubes, say two new journal papers.