LOGAN, Utah — Additive Manufacturing (AM) technology used to make parts for high-performance race cars is being applied to the tricky problem of propulsion for cubesats and other small spacecraft that ...

In recent years, humanity has visited several near-Earth asteroids (NEAs), including Ryugu (Hayabusa2) and Didymos (DART). However, we will need more frequent missions to start gathering more helpful ...

SpaceNews illustration generated with DALL-E. Astra Space seemed poised to dominate the smallsat propulsion landscape. Its 2021 acquisition of Apollo Fusion positioned the Northern California company ...

Over the span of two projects, researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign investigated using a propulsion concept known as multimode propulsion to get spacecraft to the Moon and ...

Photo. (From left) PhD candidate Youngho Kim, Professor Wonho Choe, and PhD candidate Jaehong Park from the Department of Nuclear and Quantum Engineering standing in front of the 5 kW-class Hall ...

Back in September, a Northrop Grumman Cygnus XL spacecraft headed to the International Space Station (ISS) with crucial supplies and exciting experiments on board. On the manifest was something called ...

South Korea’s K-RadCube satellite will require onboard propulsion to raise its orbit after deployment on Artemis 2. Credit: KASA SALT LAKE CITY — A novel propulsion system will be called upon to ...

Can ice generate thrust in small satellites? It turns out it's possible, and it has several key advantages over conventional rocket fuels. That is the conclusion of aerospace experts at TU Delft in ...

The European Space Agency's upcoming Henon mission will be the first ever CubeSat to independently venture into deep space, communicate with Earth and maneuver to its final destination without relying ...