The space elevator has been called a “stairway to the heavens,” but making one work comes with massive engineering challenges ...

The first space race was about flags and footprints. Now, decades later, landing on the Moon is old news. The new race is to build there, and doing so hinges on power. While it might feel like a ...

What does it take to design a hinge for space applications? Let's find out by designing and manufacturing a few!

Sometimes you just want to build stuff. The "building factories in space" genre has no shortage of great games, but Space Engineers still stands out. It's a sprawling sandbox in the spirit of Factorio ...

Effective master planning is never a one-size-fits-all process. While architects and planners focus on program and vision, ...

Bloom patterns could be useful, as engineers build folding structures to send to outer space. They’re also very pretty. Researchers have now found a new class of origami that they call bloom patterns, ...