A research team from the Beijing Institute of Technology (BIT) and Yinhe Hangtian has achieved a major advance in orbit ...

Russia has quietly taken a science fiction staple and turned it into a legal blueprint, securing a patent for a rotating orbital outpost that would create artificial gravity for crews. The design ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Gravity is the main force to be dealt with in space, and thrust is the force that allows a spacecraft to get into space and maneuver.

Human spaceflight is once again confronting a familiar problem: how to protect astronauts during long missions far beyond Earth. Engineers at Russia’s Energia Space Rocket Corporation, part of the ...