R&D

Startup tests 3D-printing concept for building large-scale space structures

By Keith Button September 11, 2026

Spacecraft developers today are limited by the size of their rocket fairing, folding up their...

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NASA concluding study on impacts of methane rocket explosions

By Paul Brinkmann September 4, 2026

NASA is targeting the middle of this month to wrap up a test campaign that...

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Shape-shifting aircraft wings

By Paul Marks July 1, 2026

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AFRL, newly reorganized, seeks to take more risk ‘smartly’ to speed development

By Marjorie Censer June 8, 2026

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Test time for these moon drills

By Keith Button April 24, 2026

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Industry panel: Moon base essentials include transportation, surface power

By Cat Hofacker April 17, 2026

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With Dragonfly mission, NASA faces challenges great and small

By Paul Brinkmann March 30, 2026

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Quadruped robots have potential as astronaut surface assistants, new research finds

By Paul Marks March 27, 2026

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Scrubbing away lunar dust

By Keith Button March 23, 2026

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Q&A: Lockheed Martin’s Hiza expects AI, quantum to play role on battlefield of the future

By Marjorie Censer January 21, 2026

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Panel says industry, academia must pivot following government spending changes

By Paul Brinkmann January 13, 2026

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The future of hypersonics research

By Marjorie Censer January 5, 2026

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From moon dust to moon colonies

By Paul Marks January 5, 2026

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The Ukraine war’s outsized influence on small drone development

By Keith Button November 24, 2025

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Airbus UpNext wraps up initial ground tests of automated taxiing software

By Keith Button October 31, 2025

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Lockheed Martin CEO touts company’s changed approach to research and development

By Marjorie Censer October 21, 2025

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Hypersonic flight testing’s unlikely rescuer

By Keith Button October 1, 2025

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Goddard and the 1920s space craze

By Roger Launius October 1, 2025

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If government R&D spending is reduced, can industry take up the mantle? 

By David Ariosto October 1, 2025

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NASA Aeronautics shifts priorities to mitigate proposed funding cuts

By Paul Brinkmann September 30, 2025

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Site visit: Inside the facility where Lunar Outpost’s moon buggy is coming to life

By Amanda Miller September 4, 2025

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The origins of liquid-fueled rockets

By Roger Launius July 1, 2025

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Growing crystals in space

By Paul Marks July 1, 2025

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Could an ‘organically led Manhattan Project’ spark a new era in quantum sensing?”

By David Ariosto April 4, 2025

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Applying AI to the language gap in air safety

By Steve Lee April 2, 2025

Poor voice communication has been cited in numerous air accident investigations as a significant contributing...

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Beating the fear of darkness

By Paul Marks February 1, 2025

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Bringing home a piece of space history

By Cat Hofacker January 10, 2025

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Making a new motor for hypersonics

By Keith Button October 1, 2024

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U.S. Air Force researchers see hybrid-electric flight as most promising

By Paul Brinkmann September 12, 2024

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4 reasons to root for quantum computing

By Jon Kelvey July 1, 2024

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Boeing to grow its presence at Embry-Riddle Daytona Beach

By Paul Brinkmann June 17, 2024

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Managing the coming tidal wave of drones

By Paul Brinkmann March 29, 2024

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Innovation machine

By Cat Hofacker March 1, 2024

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Ice breaker

By Keith Button March 1, 2024

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NASA stands by its X-planes

By Pat Host November 1, 2023

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One headwind facing urban air taxis is, well, the wind

By Paul Brinkmann October 25, 2023

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Study points to ideas for reducing noise at the coming air taxi vertiports

By Paul Brinkmann July 10, 2023

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This startup sees a need for aviation-specific batteries

By Paul Brinkmann June 6, 2023

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Listening for turbulence

By Keith Button April 1, 2023

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Battery breakthrough

By Keith Button March 1, 2023

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These strangely shaped propellers sprang from research into propellerless flight

By Paul Brinkmann February 14, 2023

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The comet conundrum

By Jon Kelvey February 1, 2023

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The best technological surprise is none at all

By Moriba Jah July 1, 2022

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Speeding up the innovation game

By Ben Iannotta July 1, 2022

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Lessons from DARPA’s Gremlins and NASA’s Space Launch System

By Ben Iannotta April 1, 2022

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Podcast: Biomedical research – the case for doing it in space

By Ben Iannotta April 20, 2021

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“Deorbiting plus”: These University of Florida researchers want to predict where cubesats will land

By Cat Hofacker January 7, 2021