There are many technical advances to be resolved in the real world (actually, they are “out of this world”) issues that have to be addressed. Note that the Caltech project is funded thus far by a $100 ...

Prior to his PhD, he completed a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Caltech in 2020 and a M.S. in Aeronautics and Astronautics from MIT in 2022. He received the 2022 AIAA Spacecraft Structures Best ...

Pasadena, Calif.–Scientists at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) and IBM’s Almaden Research Center have developed a new technique to orient and position self-assembled DNA ...

Caltech's Space Solar Power Project (SSPP) is seen by some as a glimmer of hope for the technology. Over a year has passed since SSPP demonstrator technology was launched into the test bin of ...

In a press statement, Harry Atwater, the Caltech prof of applied physics and materials science whose lab is leading the research, said there were a number of challenges involved in developing a ...

The Qosmosys Zeus-1 payload was deployed in orbit on May 10, 2023. Effective May 15, 2023, Momentus is providing on-orbit support to Caltech, including providing data, communication, commanding ...

Can lightsails be the future of deep space exploration? This is what a recent study published in Nature Photonics hopes to address as a team of researchers from the California Institute of Technology ...

Using an advanced Monte Carlo method, Caltech researchers found a way to tame the infinite complexity of Feynman diagrams and ...

Tech could be used to build "very large space structures." Credit: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign DARPA has awarded two contracts to demonstrate in-space manufacturing technologies ...

Space darpa construction DARPA begins testing phase for in-orbit space construction In-space manufacturing, a new frontier By Skye Jacobs February 14, 2025 at 11:34 AM ...