If laser beams used to transmit energy miss their targets, they could damage nearby spacecraft and satellites. This could ...

China is racing to turn a long imagined science fiction concept into hardware: a gigawatt scale solar power plant in orbit ...

Space-based solar power advances with microwave and laser transmission, orbital assembly, and cost reductions, aiming for ...

The final pair of IROSAs will augment the solar power available for life support and scientific research activities aboard ...

BREVARD COUNTY • FLORIDA – NASA astronauts will conduct a pair of spacewalks in January outside of the International Space Station to prepare for the installation of a roll-out solar array and ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Redwire Corporation (RDW), a global leader in space and defense technology solutions, today announced it has been awarded a contract from Axiom Space, a leader in ...

A team of researchers from China has proposed a plan for a space solar power (SSP) demonstration mission. The mission aligns with the first step of the China Academy of Space Technology (CAST) SSP ...

Solestial, a manufacturer of lightweight, radiation-hardened silicon PV products for space, has received $1.2 million to fund the development of a novel solar array wing concept for small satellites ...

Flat roofs are traditionally sites for sprawling, low-built solar arrays meant to maximize energy output within the ...

Solar physicists say they have found a key source of intense gamma rays unleashed when Earth's nearest star produces its most ...