A research team presents an AI assessor for Hall-effect ion thrusters, the engines of satellites and space probes.

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The Blue Ghost lunar lander has captured its first images of the moon from Earth’s orbit as well as a video of Earth ...

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A team of scientists has made the first experimental measurements of laser-induced motions of miniature lightsails in the lab.

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