They are re-examining the old idea of space-based solar ... ways to use lasers to power its lunar missions, including potentially its crewed International Lunar Research Station.

A case in point: a European Space Agency satellite, known as ERS-2, launched in 1995 and inactive since 2011, tumbled through ...

Scientists made solar cell panels from Moon dust to power future lunar cities more easily, safely, and cheaply.

The craft carrying astronaut Jonny Kim and two Russian cosmonauts docked with the space station. They're scheduled for an ...

The International Space Station has been orbiting our planet for decades, but how did it get up there and how long did it take? Here's everything we know.

COLORADO SPRINGS—Sierra Space plans to fly a Honda-developed experimental fuel cell system to the International Space Station ...

Space-based solar power systems like the one China wants ... like it took multiple launches to piece together the International Space Station. Still, it is inspiring to think about the answer ...

But they do so without having to carry heavy solar panels into space. “The solar cells used in space now are amazing, reaching efficiencies of 30% to even 40%, but that efficiency comes with a ...

Honda will partner with US companies to test in orbit a renewable energy technology it hopes to one day deploy on the moon's ...

The International ... and its interaction with the solar wind. Like the Neutron star Interior Composition Explorer (NICER) telescope mounted outside of the space station, LEXI observes X-ray ...