Russia has quietly taken a bold step toward solving one of human spaceflight’s oldest problems, securing a patent for a modular spacecraft that spins to create artificial gravity for crews on long ...

A Northrop Grumman Corporation-led (NOC) team recently completed the third gate review of its first Modular Space Vehicle (MSV) bus assembly, integration and test, marking completion of functional ...

Boeing is modifying its 702 communications satellite bus to a modular design that will allow commercial and military operators to change capacity and coverage after the spacecraft has been launched.

Human spaceflight is once again confronting a familiar problem: how to protect astronauts during long missions far beyond Earth. Engineers at Russia's Energia Space Rocket Corporation, part of the ...