NASA has posted an image of its new solar-electric propulsion thruster, which uses xenon ions for propulsion. The engine in the photo, blue with the glow of xenon gas, is

Corporate researchers may be living on the moon by the time NASA astronauts head off to visit an asteroid in the 2020s, a study of future human missions unveiled on

An unmanned Delta 4 rocket blasted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on Friday to put a multi-use, broadband communications satellite into orbit for the U.S. military. The 217-foot

Nearly two years after space shuttle Atlantis blasted off for the last time, NASA on Thursday put out a “For Lease” notice for one of its shuttle launch pads in

In a scene right out of Star Trek, a Texas company is developing a 3-D food printer for astronauts to create custom meals on the fly. With support from NASA, the

Public backlash against deadly overseas drone strikes may undermine promising uses of such technology for anything from disaster response to mail delivery, a top U.S. industry group said as it

China’s largest operator of Airbus aircraft, China Eastern Airlines, has taken delivery of its first A320 aircraft equipped with Sharklet fuel saving wing-tip devices, becoming China’s first carrier to do

Oman Air, the national carrier of the Sultanate of Oman, has placed an order for three A330-300s, growing its A330 Family fleet to a total of ten Airbus aircraft. The

For the first time ever, a production-grade Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II has performed a vertical takeoff (VTO) maneuver, followed by a short hover at low altitude and vertical landing.

Tourism is booming in the United Arab Emirates and as a result, many expansive projects are underway in this trendy vacation spot. Dubai’s first underwater hotel, the Hydropolis, has been

At our semi-weekly contact on Tuesday, May 14, 2013, we found the Kepler spacecraft once again in safe mode. As was the case earlier this month, this was a Thruster-Controlled

The innovative solar-powered aircraft, Solar Impulse has launched from California on a flight across the USA, the first of its kind aiming to showcase what is possible without fossil fuels.