Portal Space Systems says it has successfully tested its solar thermal propulsion system at operational temperatures inside a ...

A British start-up has unveiled an ambitious project that could transform space exploration. Their idea? Using nuclear fusion to power a fleet of reusable rockets, nicknamed Sunbirds, capable of ...

A one-way trip to the Mars usually takes about 9 months, but one team out of Russia thinks they can knock that down to 30 ...

If we achieve advanced nuclear, antimatter propulsion or other advance propulsion it would be possible to achieve near constant acceleration. This would enable travel times to Mars in the 3-8 day ...

Rendering of VASIMR in flight around Mars. Credit: Ad Astra Rocket Company Propulsion technologies are the key to exploring the outer solar system, and many organizations have been working on novel ...

Viewed from orbit, Jackass Flats — situated in southern Nevada about 65 miles northwest of Las Vegas — could easily be ...

[Vienna, Austria] — [May 27, 2025] — Enpulsion, a global leader in electric propulsion systems for small satellites, announces the launch of Nexus, its most advanced propulsion system to date.

NASA has always strived to solve the intriguing mysteries of space. The organization's Voyager mission, launched in 1977, was also a step in that direction, according to IFL Science. The mission's ...

The robotic spacecraft Psyche has regained propulsion after a snag cut its propellant system in April. Engineers had to switch to a backup system, and full thruster operations resumed last week. The ...

TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 12, 2021 — A solar electric propulsion system manufactured by Maxar Technologies (NYSE: MAXR) for NASA’s Psyche asteroid exploration mission arrived at the Jet Propulsion ...