Deep space exploration might no longer be confined to sci-fi after scientists began testing a rocket thruster which promises to boldly go further than ever before. Astro engineers from the ...

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An curved arrow pointing right. NASA has released video of their new rocket thruster for its space launch system. The footage, from a test back in June, shows the thruster through a special camera ...