Russia has quietly taken a science fiction staple and turned it into a legal blueprint, securing a patent for a rotating orbital outpost that would create artificial gravity for crews. The design ...

Russia has quietly taken a bold step toward solving one of human spaceflight’s oldest problems, securing a patent for a modular spacecraft that spins to create artificial gravity for crews on long ...

Human spaceflight is once again confronting a familiar problem: how to protect astronauts during long missions far beyond Earth. Engineers at Russia’s Energia Space Rocket Corporation, part of the ...