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

The Power and Propulsion Element (PPE) acts as Gateway’s service ... from being a viable option for this launch given that the rocket has no verifiable target date for its maiden voyage and ...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Math enthusiasts around the world, from college students to rocket scientists, celebrate Pi Day, ...

On Episode 152 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik host Dr. Robert O'Brien, Director of the Universities Space ...

Among the investors was André-Hubert Roussel, former CEO of ArianeGroup, who oversaw the development of Europe’s only ...

integrated propulsion system test firings at Stennis Space Center. SLS merged the MPTA aft fuselage and External Tank elements into an inline rocket stage. The left image shows the orbiter aft ...

Artist impression of a nuclear fission powered rocket ... compact fuel element environmental test (CFEET) facility at NASA MSFC, as per Space.com. It cycled the nuclear thermal propulsion ...

NASA received the upper stage for the agency’s Artemis II Space Launch System rocket on March 9 at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center.

The system has an average power of 300 kW and is expected to help spacecraft achieve far higher speeds than conventional propulsion systems. “A plasma rocket motor is a type of electric motor.

They discuss the history, current developments, and future potential of nuclear electric and nuclear thermal propulsion systems, which could revolutionize our ability to explore Mars and beyond ...