Engineers are set to test a device that could pull defunct spacecraft and used rocket parts back to Earth, allowing them to burn up harmlessly in the atmosphere. Researchers at Purdue University in ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (Inside INdiana Business) – Purdue University engineers have developed a drag sail that will be used on a rocket expected to launch in November. The university says the goal for ...

April 23 (UPI) --Rocket Lab launched NASA's new composite solar sail into space where it will undergo weeks of testing, using sunlight to propel it through the solar system. The solar sail technology ...

Purdue University engineers have developed a space-debris-clearing drag sail called Spinnaker3 that is designed to speed up the deorbiting of space junk up to 400 miles (645 km) high so it safely ...

China began an effort to manage the space junk orbiting Earth by attaching a giant sail to the rocket it launched last month, which would facilitate its reentry into the Earth’s atmosphere. On June 24 ...

Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) (“Rocket Lab” or “the Company”), a global leader in launch services and space systems, today announced it has been selected to launch NASA’s Advanced Composite ...

Rocket Lab's Electron launches NASA’s new composite solar sail into space where it will undergo weeks of testing. Korean payload NEONSAT-1 was also on board the New Zealand launch in a rideshare ...