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A 33-year-old aerospace engineer has made space travel history, becoming the first person who uses a wheelchair to pass the boundary of outer space. Michaela "Michi" Benthaus, a German aerospace ...

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The convergence of renewable energy demands and advanced laser technology is making space-based power transmission a tangible reality. Multiple organizations worldwide are developing sophisticated ...

Brig. Gen. Kristin Panzenhagen, program executive officer for Assured Access to Space, speaks at the Space Mobility Conference Jan. 28, 2025, in a fireside chat with Walt Jackim, the office’s deputy ...

Africa’s first continent-wide space agency, the African Space Agency (AfSA), which was inaugurated in April, is looking to secure funding as its first projects get under way. AfSA is an initiative of ...

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This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. John R. Casani, a longtime Jet Propulsion ...