Concept Spacecraft Archive
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NASA’s Space Drive Experiments: The Plot Thickens
Posted on May 11, 2015 | 3 CommentsA research group called the Eagleworks at NASAтАЩs Johnson Space Center in Texas is tasked with investigating novel space propulsion techniques. These include both warp drive concepts to enable faster […] -
XS-1: Spaceplane of the Future?
Posted on August 20, 2014 | No CommentsThe good news first: a major aerospace contractor is researching how to build a reusable spaceplane that could dramatically cut the cost of accessing low Earth orbit. Now the bad […] -
No, NASA has not verified an impossible space drive!
Posted on August 4, 2014 | 133 CommentsJune 2014 saw excited reports that NASA was working on a faster than light warp drive starship. Astonishingly, weeks later we are being told that NASA has also successfully tested […] -
No, NASA is not building a warp drive starship!
Posted on June 13, 2014 | 42 CommentsThere has been a lot of excitement over reports that NASA is developing a faster than light starship propelled by a warp drive capable of making journeys to nearby stars […] -
Whatever Happened to Photon Rockets?
Posted on December 5, 2013 | 8 CommentsCould humanity ever travel to the stars? Today this is an unattainable dream but world-wide researchers are studying the possibilities of starships. One concept for an interstellar craft is the […] -
Astronauts Boarding Orion Spacecraft: Image of the Month
Posted on June 26, 2013 | No CommentsOur image this month shows a pair of NASA astronauts boarding a brand new spacecraft (at last). On 13 June 2013, Cady Coleman and Ricky Arnold stepped through a hatch […] -
How NASA Will Catch an Asteroid
Posted on May 24, 2013 | No CommentsNASA wants to find an asteroid, capture it, b