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Los Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 01, 2023 - Blue Origin, the American aerospace manufacturer, is moving a step closer to making its innovative concept of generating solar power on the Moon a reality. This follows the receipt of a $35 million

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture has won $34.7 million in funding from NASA to support the development of a system that could produce solar cells on the moon from materials that are available on site. The Blue Alchemist project is one of 11 proposals winning support from the space agency’s Tipping Point program, which partners with commercial ventures to back technologies that could contribute to long-term space exploration. “Harnessing the vast resources in space to be...

Reading can open a door to new realms of possibilities. For Dayna Ise, Space Nuclear Propulsion manager at Marshall Space Flight Center, a childhood of pouring through the works of