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Scientists believe they’ve discovered a way to travel at the speed of light, but there’s one detail that dampens their excitement. That means humans will have to wait 1,000 years to test it.

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Concept illustration of a warp drive spacecraft bending space-time for faster-than-light travel

A new scientific paper is adding new fuel to one of space science’s most stubborn fantasies: a “warp drive” that could make distant stars feel like forever away. The research proposes a new way to create so-called warp bubbles, distorted regions of space-time that carry spacecraft, without the ships themselves breaking the cosmic speed limits. … Read more

NASA plans test launch on the moon ahead of future mission

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There is one particular challenge facing human missions in the near future that most terrifies mission planners. It’s a fire. A new paper by researchers at NASA’s Glenn Research Center, Johnson Space Center, and Case Western Reserve University details a planned mission to test the flammability of materials on the moon’s surface, where flames are … Read more

Qingzhou prototype cargo spacecraft completes rendezvous test in orbit

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Qingzhou prototype cargo spacecraft completes rendezvous test in orbit

HELSINKI — China has conducted rendezvous and close operational tests involving a prototype cargo spacecraft and a satellite, a step toward low-cost orbital infrastructure. The Qingzhou prototype spacecraft was launched on March 30th on CAS Space’s first Kinetica-2 kerosene liquid oxygen rocket and successfully entered orbit carrying two small companion satellites. The Qingzhou prototype spacecraft, … Read more