Purdue University engineers have developed a space-debris-clearing drag sail called Spinnaker3 that is designed to speed up the deorbiting of space junk up to 400 miles (645 km) high so it safely ...

Engineers are set to test a device that could pull defunct spacecraft and used rocket parts back to Earth, allowing them to burn up harmlessly in the atmosphere. Researchers at Purdue University in ...

(CNN) — Sitting in Eddie Fong’s living room in Palo Alto is a 55-year-old model of a traditional Chinese junk boat. Its presence symbolizes a series of unlikely events that brought Fong, now 81, away ...

China began an effort to manage the space junk orbiting Earth by attaching a giant sail to the rocket it launched last month, which would facilitate its reentry into the Earth’s atmosphere. On June 24 ...

NEW YORK — Solar sails, which use the sun’s energy as a means of propulsion, have long been viewed as potential enabler of low-cost, long-duration missions in deep space, but a group of scientists are ...

Chinese space scientists have said they successfully used a huge space sail to remove debris from Earth's orbit. Announced by the Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology on July 6, the huge sail ...

A large sail deployed by China aims to deorbit a rocket component within two years. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. China has ...

If you’ve spent any time in Hong Kong at all, you’ll definitely have laid eyes on the iconic Chinese junk boat that is the Dukling. Cutting through the waters of Victoria Harbour with its vibrant red ...

Embark on an exhilarating adventure featuring a super windy junk boat ride across the stunning waters of Hong Kong! Experience the thrill of gusty winds propelling us across the waves, offering ...

Sitting in Eddie Fong’s living room in Palo Alto is a 55-year-old model of a traditional Chinese junk boat. Its presence symbolizes a series of unlikely events that brought Fong, now 81, away from his ...