In this week’s edition of The Prototype, we look at a startup that’s industrializing big satellite manufacturing, transparent insulation and more.

A King’s College London study found that space-based solar power could cut Europe’s land-based renewable needs by 80% by 2050. Japan and the U.S. are testing early prototypes that beam solar energy ...

The energy sent is low-intensity, invisible infrared light, which allows ground-based solar projects to generate power even ...

Last year, Aetherflux, a startup founded by a physicist with a background in financial services, announced it was developing a novel space-based solar power technology. Instead of the large arrays in ...

Aetherflux has focused its efforts on space-based solar power, with the goal of "building an American power grid in space." ...

Solar power has become an important part of our civilization, especially in recent years, and it is presently crucial to our existence. Solar panel farms spread far and wide across the planet, on ...

Starcloud’s successful deployment of an orbital AI data center marks a pivotal test for space-based data center ...

SpaceX leads the race to build AI data centers in outer space, promising solar power and scalable computing beyond Earth.

Europe is looking to send up a terawatt belt into space. It would involve satellites covered in solar panels that would ...

As global energy demands grow space-based solar power (SBSP) may offer a compelling long-term solution. A comprehensive international assessment completed under the International Academy of ...

From plasma engines that could turn months of travel into weeks to the first blueprints for ships that will outlive their ...

Firefly Aerospace is the first commercial company to land and operate a spacecraft on the moon successfully. As part of its ...