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Harnessing the Sun's energy through Solar Thermal Propulsion will propel vehicles through space by significantly...
A new, world-class laboratory for research into future space transportation technologies is under construction at...
A simple sketch on a TWA napkin by NASA Dryden engineer Frank W. "Bill" Burcham led to development and validation of...
This artist concept depicts RoboSimian, a disaster-relief and -mitigation robot, grasping the rung of a ladder....
Mars Sample Return program manager, JPL, Bobby Braun, shows a concept model of NASA's orbiting sample container,...
Mars Sample Return program manager, JPL, Bobby Braun, shows a concept model of NASA's orbiting sample container,...
This picture is an artist's concept of an orbiting vehicle using the Electrodynamic Tethers Propulsion System....
Pictured is an artist's concept of an advanced chemical propulsion system called Pulse Detonation. Long term...
This artist concept shows NASA Dawn spacecraft arriving at the dwarf planet Ceres. Dawn travels through space using...
Travel to distant stars is a long-range goal of Marshall Space Flight Center's Advanced Concept Group. One of the...
In this artist's concept from 1970, propulsion concepts such as the Nuclear Shuttle and Space Tug are shown in...
This artist's rendering shows a concept for a robot called AquaSimian that would assist with hazardous situations...
A futuristic NASA mission concept envisions a swarm of dozens of self-propelled, cellphone-size robots exploring the...
This early chart conceptualizes the use of two parallel Solid Rocket Motor Boosters in conjunction with three main...
Managed by Marshall Space Flight Center, the Space Tug concept was intended to be a reusable multipurpose space...
In this 1986 artist's concept, the Orbital Maneuvering Vehicle (OMV), is shown without its main propulsion module....
The Direct Gain Solar Thermal Engine was designed with no moving parts. The concept of Solar Thermal Propulsion...
Managed by Marshall Space Flight Center, the Space Tug concept was intended to be a reusable multipurpose space...
Managed by Marshall Space Flight Center, the Space Tug concept was intended to be a reusable multipurpose space...
Managed by Marshall Space Flight Center, the Space Tug was intended to be a reusable multipurpose space vehicle...
Managed by Marshall Space Flight Center, the Space Tug concept was intended to be a reusable multipurpose space...
The Gasdynamic Mirror, or GDM, is an example of a magnetic mirror-based fusion propulsion system. Its design is...
In this 1986 artist's concept, the Orbital Maneuvering Vehicle (OMV), undergoes changeout of the Propulsion Module...
The Boussard Interstellar Ramjet engine concept uses interstellar hydrogen scooped up from its environment as the...