When you buy through links in our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn commission. A flywheel design for the Artemis 2 mission is tested during the microgravity phase of a Falcon 20 parabolic flight near Montreal, Canada. The person operating the device is Yannick Laflamme, a Canadian Space Agency exercise specialist at the… Read More »
Scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, have successfully tested a next-generation microgravity 3D printer called SpaceCAL. The tests were conducted as part of the Virgin Galactic 07 mission, a crewed sub-orbital spaceflight that launched on Monday (June 8). During the 140-second test run, SpaceCAL 3D-printed four items from a liquid plastic called PEGDA, including… Read More »
A new era in human spaceflight begins with a manned flight to the moon with the Orion space capsule planned for next year as part of NASA’s Artemis II mission. This effort will only allow astronauts to reach lunar orbit, but is expected to pave the way for Artemis III, a mission planned for December… Read More »