Rosatom scientists have developed a laboratory prototype for a plasma electro-reactive rocket engine based on a magnetic ...

Russian scientists have announced the development of a plasma-powered rocket engine that could potentially reach Mars within ...

Rosatom scientists have announced the development of a plasma electric rocket engine that they claim could send spacecraft to ...

Eco-friendly alternatives to fossil fuels are venturing beyond Earth—and into space.

While this latest test doesn’t make nuclear-powered rocket engines viable just yet, it’s an important step on the journey.

Russia's State Atomic Energy Corporation, Rosatom, recently developed a new spacecraft engine with impressive specifications.

For really ambitious projects, what space engineers want is something with at least a third more power than the best chemical rocket. If such an engine could ... at very high temperatures and ...

HELSINKI — A Chinese state-owned company performed a rocket flight aimed at ... 2 test article is understood to be powered by methane-liquid oxygen engines developed by commercial firm Jiuzhou ...

For the first time, Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture has put a payload in orbit using its heavy-lift New Glenn rocket.

A laboratory prototype of a plasma electric rocket engine based on a magnetic plasma accelerator has been produced by Rosatom ...