Practical Engineering on MSN
How engineers could actually build a space elevator
The space elevator has been called a “stairway to the heavens,” but making one work comes with massive engineering challenges. In this video, I dive into the details - from counterweights to tethers ...
Blue Origin hopes launching Michaela Benthaus, a German space engineer who uses a wheelchair, will help make space more accessible.
The Space Race on MSN
What NASA is secretly rehearsing with this asteroid plan
NASA is floating a notional mission that would send three astronauts to a near-Earth asteroid using SpaceX hardware, and the timeline reads like a blueprint for the future. Multiple Starship tankers ...
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American astronomer-turned-medical physicist and now NASA astronaut Chris Williams joined two Russian cosmonauts aboard a Soyuz ferry ship Thursday for a Thanksgiving Day flight to the International ...
Watch NASA astronaut, 2 cosmonauts launch to the International Space Station on Thanksgiving morning
Liftoff is scheduled for 4:27 a.m. ET on Thanksgiving Day (Nov. 27). There's some spaceflight action on tap on Thanksgiving Day (Nov. 27), but you'll have to get up pretty early to catch it. A Soyuz ...
Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. In this photo provided by NASA, the Boeing ...
Imagine this scenario: you have an important space telescope that’s rapidly sinking in altitude, slated to crash down to Earth next year unless you can nudge it back up. Arizona-based private space ...
Jake Korell’s debut novel 'The Second World' envisions a newly independent Mars shaped by real space-policy debates, near-future technology, and the very human absurdities we’ll bring with us when we ...
A comet named 3I/ATLAS, originating from outside our solar system, is passing through Earth's cosmic neighborhood. NASA has released new images of the comet, which is only the third interstellar ...
In 2026, a first-of-its-kind spacecraft—launched on a rocket dropped out of a plane—will attempt to save NASA’s Swift observatory from a fiery demise. Yes, really. Reading time 3 minutes An ...
NASA's highly anticipated comet 3I/ATLAS images have been released, with a space agency official shooting down alien rumors and stressing that the interstellar visitor is a comet. When you purchase ...
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