It takes between three to six months for a probe to reach Mars from Earth. A new concept space train called Solar Express is challenging that time frame: it would, hypothetically, be able to transport ...

An inventor has unveiled an ambitious concept design for a space train named the "Solar Express" that could be used in future to ferry passengers and cargo through space faster than any existing ...

Space travel is slowly becoming a reality for people across the globe. Now, if the latest reports are to be believed then Japan, a country known for its innovation and cutting-edge technology, may ...

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Last summer Charles Bombardier unveiled the Solar Express—an imagined vehicle that would ferry cargo and passengers from Earth to Mars in less than two days. The radical notion drew a great deal of ...

China’s Shenzhou-21 space rocket and its crew including the youngest member of its astronaut corps blasted off on Friday atop a Long March-2F rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in ...