The first humans to Mars might someday ride a rocket propelled by a nuclear ... reliable nuclear thermal propulsion for cislunar and deep space missions," General Atomics president Scott Forney ...

Dawn is not propelled by a chemical rocket engine, but by a solar-electric ion propulsion system, particularly suitable for long-distance flights. This innovative propulsion concept was first used in ...

The three-stage middle-class liquid-propelled rocket was manufactured at the Samara-based Progress space rocket center. The start mass of the carrier is 311.7 tons. The rocket is capable of ...