He also brought on Joseph Henry, the first Secretary of the Smithsonian and the preeminent American physicist of his time, as his primary science adviser. During the Civil War, both the Union and the ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin (2-R) greets North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (L) during a visit to the Vostochny cosmodrome outside of the town of Tsiolkovsky (former Uglegorsk), some 180 km ...

在太空扬帆，是早期航天科学家和工程师们对无燃料太空推进技术的梦想和探索。 太阳帆的概念最早由俄国科学家康斯坦丁·齐奥尔科夫斯基（Konstantin Tsiolkovsky）和美国科学家罗伯特·莱特希尔（Robert L. Forward）等人提出，他们设想利用太阳光的辐射压力来驱动 ...

In late August, officials at NASA announced what had already become apparent: Two U.S. astronauts, stranded for nearly three months at the International Space Station, weren't coming home as ...

In case you’ve ever wondered how the South Pole research stations are powered, then a recent blog post, South Pole Electrical Infrastructure by anonymous IT engineer [brr] is for you. Among the ...

When dabbling with the laws of motion in the 17th century, Isaac Newton first realized that it’s indeed possible to send an object out of Earth, into space. As long as an object is shot away from ...