Abstract: Multiple underactuated spacecraft agents can rigidly attach to a large target object and cooperatively use their actuators, e.g., thrusters and reaction wheels, for tasks such as in-space ...

Consumer rights activist Louis Rossman has recently given an example of why piracy is “completely justified”. Pointing the finger at Dead Space 2, Rossman highlights an ‘activation limit lockout’ ...

Abstract: Feasible regions in constrained optimization problems are often extremely small or fragmented, making feasible solutions difficult to locate and causing premature convergence within isolated ...

Architecture is often evaluated through what gets built. But in many cases, what matters happens after: how spaces are used, adapted, and made part of everyday life. For Región Austral, winner of ...

SpaceX wants to put up to a million data centers in orbit. There are a few technological hurdles standing in the way. MIT Technology Review Explains: Let our writers untangle the complex, messy world ...

The number of satellites launched into space reached an all-time high in 2025, and that number is expected to increase exponentially within the next decade. With the commercialization of space travel ...

A Java implementation and visualization of the glowworm swarm optimization (GSO) algorithm invented by Krishnanand N. Kaipa and Debasish Ghose for the capturing of multiple optima of multimodal ...

CANBERRA, Australia: Infinity Avionics, a leader in smart vision systems for the NewSpace economy, announced today the full commercial availability of Aquila. Following a standout debut at IAC Sydney, ...

NASA is revving up its plans for a successor to the International Space Station (ISS). On Tuesday agency officials announced that a formal request for information would open on March 25, kicking off a ...

If you've just moved into a new home or apartment, you might find that the countertop space in your kitchen is lacking. This can be a big problem in small kitchens, but it can be just as bad in larger ...

The first step to fighting a war in space is knowing what’s happening tens of thousands of miles above the planet. Toward that end, defense tech darling Anduril is buying boutique data firm ...

In a visualization by the space tracking company ExoAnalytic, China’s Shijian-21 satellite is seen docking with Compass G2, a defunct Chinese satellite in geostationary Earth orbit. Credit: ...