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As NASA prepares for long-duration missions to the Moon and Mars for the benefit of all, a habitat-growing concept selected Wednesday…
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Lynn RothschildNASA Ames Research Center (ARC) A turtle carries its habitat. While reliable, it costs energy in transporting mass. NASA…
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NASA’s Innovative Advanced Concepts program (NIAC) has selected six visionary concept studies for additional funding and development. Each study has…
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NASA selected the 2024 Phase I awardees for its program to fund ideas that could innovate for the benefit of…
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Some 30 years ago, a young engineer named Christopher Walker was home in the evening making chocolate pudding when he…
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FLUTE aims to find out if giant lenses and mirrors – the high-quality optical components needed for future large-aperture space…
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Technology in development today could radically change the future of air and space exploration. Nearly silent electric aircraft could ferry…
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Imagine a future in space where pellet-beam propulsion systems speed up travel to other worlds, pipelines on the Moon transport…
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An astronaut steps into a body scanner and, hours later, walks on Mars in a custom-made spacesuit, breathing oxygen that…