Top Five Technologies Needed for a Spacecraft to Survive Deep Space
WEBJul 30, 2018 · When a spacecraft built for humans ventures into deep space, it requires an array of features to keep it and a crew inside safe. Both distance and duration demand that spacecraft must have systems that can reliably operate far from home, be capable of keeping astronauts alive in case of emergencies and …
Small Spacecraft Electric Propulsion Opens New Deep Space ... - NASA
WEBApr 19, 2022 · Mission developers envision deploying small spacecraft for everything from a cluster of small, orbiting lunar communication satellites to relay data from Moon rovers and astronauts back to Earth, to deep space science missions to Venus, Mars, asteroids, and even the outer planets.
Wildest Private Deep-Space Mission Ideas: A Countdown
WEBMar 22, 2013 · Deep space isn't just for NASA and other space agencies anymore. A number of private companies and nonprofit organizations are planning missions to the moon, asteroids, and even Mars. Here's...
Futuristic Space Technology Concepts Selected by NASA for …
WEBFeb 25, 2021 · Early-stage research into futuristic space ideas – a lunar levitation track system, light bending lunar power system, method for making soil from asteroid material, and more – could help revolutionize NASA’s technology toolbox …
CubeSats and SmallSats - NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
WEBJan 12, 2023 · Big Ideas, Small Satellites. The CubeSat revolution is coming, and JPL is at the forefront of helping redefine the way we do science in space. Some of the most elusive and important questions–from distant galaxies to our own planet's climate–need to be solved with space-based instruments.
NASA Funds 22 Futuristic Ideas for Space Exploration
WEBApr 12, 2017 · Learn and share the most exciting discoveries, innovations and ideas shaping our world today. The research grants provide funding for new studies of spacecraft propulsion, synthetic biology and...
NASA boosts deep-space interferometer and other far-out ideas - GeekWire
WEBJan 5, 2024 · This collage highlights several concepts proposed by 2024 NIAC Phase I awardees, including miniaturized interstellar spacecraft, a Venus glider, a water detoxifier for Mars, a solar-system-scale...
Scientists demonstrate a novel rocket for deep-space exploration
WEBDec 22, 2021 · The growing interest in deep-space exploration has sparked the need for powerful long-lived rocket systems to drive spacecraft through the cosmos. Scientists have developed a tiny version of...
Deep Space Gateway to Open Opportunities for Distant Destinations
WEBMar 28, 2017 · NASA is leading the next steps into deep space near the moon, where astronauts will build and begin testing the systems needed for challenging missions to deep space destinations including Mars.
Rooms with a view: Astronauts have design ideas for new space …
WEBOct 24, 2022 · Wraparound windows and clever design should be key features in the next generation of space stations, astronauts say. The SpaceX Crew-4 cohort of four astronauts, who returned to Earth on Oct....
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