After ten years of quiet research, Pulsar Fusion has unveiled a nuclear fusion-powered rocket called the Sunbird. This spacecraft isn’t just another science fiction concept—it’s being designed to fly ...

The latest news, announced Sunday, is that Airbus will design and build the lander that will carry the ExoMars down to the surface of Mars. The mission is scheduled to launch no earlier than 2028 on a ...

This new propulsion system could rewrite the rules of spaceflight—not to mention completely defy conventional physics.

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It takes a lot of propellant to accomplish that, and the heavier the payload, the larger the rocket ... equation describes the motion of vehicles that expel some of their mass to generate thrust.

The duo launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket at 11:10 p.m. EST (0310 March 12 GMT). There was a glimmer in the air tonight at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, and it wasn't only because ...

Launch vehicles under the contract will include Kratos’ Oriole Rocket Motor, Thrust Vector Control and other hardware and Systems to assist in performing complex mission trajectories.

The 100 kW high-thrust magnetoplasmadynamic thruster they ... interplanetary cargo transport and deep-space exploration. The engine is a plasma propulsion system, working by ionizing the ...