"In RTBP systems, Lagrange points between the two celestial bodies provide specific locations around which a spacecraft can orbit," explains Mingpei Lin, a member of an AIMR research team. "The ...

Launch of the Aditya-L1 solar observatory on a PSLV from Satish Dhawan Space Centre on Sept. 2, 2023. Credit: ISRO HELSINKI — India’s Aditya-L1 solar observatory has reached its destination orbit ...

Stephen has degrees in science (Physics major) and arts (English Literature and the History and Philosophy of Science), as well as a Graduate Diploma in Science Communication. Stephen has degrees in ...

From the first satellite in orbit, to the first human in space, to the first steps on the moon, the United States government has always framed space exploration as a race. As U.S.-China space ...

Advanced space travel relies on a fundamental understanding of the restricted three-body problem (RTBP), in which one of the three bodies—typically a spacecraft—is so small that its gravity doesn’t ...