Sierra Space, the company behind the in-development Dream Chaser spaceplane, announced a technology center expansion that will allow it to scale its solar power systems manufacturing. The $45 ...

In a jaw-dropping moment of astronomical photography, Arizona-based astrophotographer Andrew McCarthy has captured the ...

Just weeks after Sierra Space Corp. publicly launched operations at a manufacturing facility in Centennial, the aerospace ...

Every year, the Huntington family spent about $7,000 on diesel to heat the cabin during bone-chilling winters, and a few ...

US-based solar module manufacturer Bila Solar has begun production at its manufacturing facility in Indiana, using US-made ...

We spent the time to research and plan our own installation, and it'll help you make the right decisions when you build out ...

A 15 km tether, 97% covered in solar panels, could counteract the ISS's orbital drop, offering a fuel-efficient alternative. While the ISS may not fully benefit due to its nearing end of life, ...

Letter: Perhaps solar power could help keep the ISS in space. Published 16 October 2024. From Eric Kvaalen , Les Essarts-le-Roi, France ...

Designing Space-Based Solar. Beaming solar energy from space is not new; telecommunications satellites have been sending microwave signals generated by solar power back to Earth since the 1960s.

A ghostly view of an International Space Station solar panel moving above Earth, in a timelapse photo posted June 25, 2024 by NASA astronaut Matthew Dominick.

According to a government-commissioned independent study in 2021, space-based solar power has the potential to generate as much as 10 GW capacity a year by 2050, enough to meet a quarter of the U ...

Space-based solar power, once a topic for science fiction, is gaining interest. ... The sun, photographed from the International Space Station about 260 miles above the Pacific Ocean.