"Avi Loeb and Shaun Fell are two of the foremost minds in astrophysics and gravitational research; their expertise will help push Applied Physics' mission forward," said Gianni Martire, CEO of Applied ...

This ultra high-definition video featuring an orange tabby cat named Taters, was streamed from nearly 19 million miles away via laser by ...

No one saw Earth's poles from space in the more than 400 human spaceflight missions preceding Fram2. The closest any crew ...

Researchers have developed scalable lightsails, ultra-thin, reflective structures that use laser-driven radiation pressure to ...

In a potential step toward sending small spacecraft to the stars, researchers have developed an ultra-thin, ultra-reflective ...

Join our newsletter to get the latest military space news every Tuesday ... WASHINGTON – Difficulty acquiring propulsion systems, radiation-hardened components and laser communications systems ...

At more than 870 miles above Earth, this was no ordinary violin recital.On Sept. 13, 2024, Sarah Gillis (AeroEngr’17) played “Rey’s Theme” from Star Wars: The ...

Demand for optical communications is high in the space sector ... makers continue to struggle with sourcing laser communication systems, along with propulsion and radiation-hardened components ...

Based on a reading from an inertial measurement unit inside the vehicle, most likely Athena is lying on its side. This is the same fate Odysseus met last year, when it skidded into the Moon, broke a ...

The Spiral’s primary mission, had it made it beyond the test stage, would have been a combination of reconnaissance and ...

We know more about the Moon’s surface than Earth’s ocean floor — but that’s changing fast. A NASA-supported team used a ...