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 ...

Explore the future of energy at the International Conference on Energy from Space 2025, focusing on space solar power.

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 ...

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.