Currently, chemical propulsion is utilised to raise satellite orbits. This innovation will lead to significant mass savings ...

The method – converting water into vapor before ionizing it to create plasma – has great promise for a wide range of ...

UK's Pulsar Fusion reveals Sunbird, a nuclear fusion rocket promising to cut Mars travel time in half. Could this be the ...

Fusion has long been the propulsion end-goal for interplanetary travel, and a U.K.-based company thinks on its way to ...

U.K. start-up Pulsar Fusion has unveiled plans to build a fleet of reusable nuclear fusion-powered rockets, known as Sunbirds ...

The Sunbird concept is for the fusion-powered ‘tugs’ to be permanently based in space, able to dock with spacecraft and ...

British startup Magdrive claims it can help with both, via a new propulsion system for spacecraft ... the metal is turned into extremely hot and dense plasma, or electrically charged gas.

A powerful new plasma engine has just been unveiled by Chinese ... magnetic plasma thruster”, designed by the Xian Aerospace Propulsion Institute, was able to achieve stable operation at its ...

That's why NASA opts for gases like xenon for more efficient propulsion. This DIY high-voltage plasma generator is not quite ready to generate high thrusts but it's a fascinating experiment in ion ...

Ion thrust engines are practical ... would rule them out as a viable propulsion system for the fighter’s maneuverability at our current tech level. Plasma weapons are functional in principle ...

Pulsar Fusion says it foresees a compact nuclear fusion engine providing both thrust ... delivering the future through fusion propulsion". It uses Hall Effect Thrusters, which generate thrust by ...