The UK government is reportedly considering a £16 billion proposal to build a solar power station in space. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

The space station, which has drawn its electricity from eight large solar panels for more than 15 years, will soon be augmented with six new arrays to power its continued and expanded use.

Sierra Space’s new Power Station Sierra Space’s new facility spans 70,000 square feet and features integrated testing capabilities, including a thermal vacuum chamber, air chamber, and ...

The four members of SpaceX's Crew-10 mission on the Expedition 73 crew began packing for home, while also calling down to ...

The concept of space-based solar power isn’t new, however. It was described in 1941 in science fiction by renowned writer Isaac Asimov, who described a space station transmitting energy ...

Figure 2: ISS Main solar panel view Figure 3: Solar ‘wings” in space on the ISS The ISS needs power for life support, lighting, communication, experiments, propulsion and pretty much just about ...

Sierra Space’s Power Station is a brand-new production facility that will house world-class manufacturing capabilities to produce Surface Mount Technology (SMT) defense-hardened solar arrays ...

Front Row Seats China's Academy of Space Technology is working on an orbital power plant that would capture solar energy in space and beam it back to Earth. The plant would be able to harness ...

HELSINKI — China intends to use its newly-completed Tiangong space station to test key technologies required for space-based polar power, according to a senior space official. Robotic arms ...

A space-based solar power station is based on a modular design, where a large number of solar modules are assembled by robots in orbit. Transporting all these elements into space is difficult ...