It will be the first time a Space Force craft is refueled in orbit. Such a fuel shuttle could keep missions in space longer and eliminate the need for any craft to suspend its mission to retrieve ...

The Demonstration for Autonomous Rendezvous Technology (DART) mission, not to be confused with the successful Double Asteroid ...

A Mumbai-based startup has completed the space validation of its green propulsion system, which seeks to provide an alternative to hydrazine, a highly toxic and carcinogenic fuel used to power ...

The Southwest Research Institute-led Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere (PUNCH) mission collected its first ...

Astroscale and Orbit Fab are teaming up to refuel U.S. Space Force satellites in geostationary orbit high above Earth, ...

The Refueler will then transfer hydrazine propellant to the target satellite from a refillable tank. Related: Wow! Private space-junk probe snaps historic photo of discarded rocket in orbit Both ...

In particular its orbit is designed to minimize fuel requirements ... Clark's 1972 book "Ignition" about the development of rocket fuels. Scott's focus is on fuels that were somewhat ill advised.

A stunning blue and white spiral spotted in skies across Europe late Monday was created by frozen fuel tumbling from a SpaceX rocket, according to weather forecasters and scientists. The UK's Met ...