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 ...

Visuals released alongside the patent show a spacecraft that looks less like the familiar stick-like International Space Station and more like a wheel in the making, with a solid core and radial arms ...

Discover how to locate the International Space Station, orbiting Earth for over 25 years with a rotating crew and supporting ...