Space exploration in the backyard, on a budget: How NASA simulates conditions in space without blasting off

Humanity's drive to explore has taken us across the solar system, with astronaut boots, various landers and rovers' wheels ...
IEEE

Robust Parametric Shrinking Horizon Model Predictive Control and its Application to Spacecraft Rendezvous

Abstract: This letter introduces a robust Model Predictive Control approach in which a shrinking prediction horizon and a system input parameterization are exploited to control a linear system with ...
Space.com

Watch SpaceX's Super Heavy Starship booster hover in mid-air before plunging into the sea (video)

Spectacular footage from Starship's recent test launch shows the final seconds of the spacecraft's booster before touching ...
Space.com

New space debris shield? Satellites and astronauts could suit up in novel 'Space Armor'

Over the decades, a "Whipple Shield" came into wide use for mitigating space debris impacts. This structure was introduced by ...

SpaceX launches 11th test flight of its mega Starship rocket with another win

Starship, the biggest and most powerful rocket ever built, thundered into the evening sky from the southern tip of Texas.
IEEE

Feature Parameters Computation of Underground Coal Mining Space Coupled Probability Integral Model With SBAS-InSAR Subsidence Data

Abstract: With the development of ground observation technology, noncontact localization of disordered goaf can be realized, which is the key to suppressing ground disasters and guiding government ...