History characterizes the various eras of civilization in terms of available materials technology, leading to the recognition of such eras as the Stone Age, Bronze Age, Steel Age, and Silicon Age. One of the areas of intense research in the present era...

To meet the many goals of space exploration and aeronautical development, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the aerospace industry sought many innovations in a number of science and technology fields. This storehouse of...

Space technology is technology that is related to entering space, maintaining and using systems during spaceflight and returning people and things from space. Space technology has a huge impact on the everyday lives of people; and something as simple as...

A SPACE-ABLE EUROPE Space technology is no common technology. And the ability to manufacture, test, launch and operate man-made artefacts in space requires a specific and wide range of know-how. With the effort put into space technology development, from materials to system design,...

The TV show "Star Trek" calls space the final frontier. And just like previous Earth-based exploration efforts helped bring about advances in shipping, railroads, and communications that had commercial applications, many of the technologies needed to explore space have industrial and consumer uses as...

Russia will cooperate with China on space projects, but will not transfer sensitive technologies that could enable Beijing to become a rival in a future space race, the head of the Russia's space agency said Tuesday.Anatoly Perminov, chief of Russia's Federal Space Agency, said Moscow...

Iran launched a research rocket and unveiled its first major space center, state television reported Monday, the latest steps in a program many fear may be cover for further development of its military ballistic missiles.State television showed live images of the event, with President Mahmoud...