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

A research team presents an AI assessor for Hall-effect ion thrusters, the engines of satellites and space probes.

Here’s how it works. Rocket Lab launched five "Internet of Things" satellites on Saturday (Feb. 8). A 59-foot-tall (18 meters) Electron rocket carrying five spacecraft for the French company ...

Rocket Lab launched 16 rockets in 2024, 60% more than the 10 it launched in 2023. Rival SpaceX launched far more rockets -- 138 -- but its growth rate from 2023 was slower. Fully-loaded Rocket Lab ...

The best, in fact, the only, candidate for this is the Nuclear Thermal Propulsion (NTP) system or nuclear rocket. First conceived of in 1945, this is a rocket that replaces burning chemical fuel ...

Russia's first space launch in 2025 also marked the final mission of its Soyuz-2.1v light launcher, with the country ...

DETROIT, Jan. 22, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Rocket Companies (NYSE: RKT), the Detroit-based fintech platform company consisting of mortgage, real estate and personal finance businesses, today announced ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Simulations of electric ion thrusters have been validated through experiments, addressing challenges in predicting thruster lifespan due to chamber wall effects ...

Credit: OroraTech WASHINGTON — Rocket Lab announced Jan. 22 a contract to launch a set of wildfire-monitoring satellites for German company OroraTech on a short turnaround. Rocket Lab said it ...

Florida's Space Coast reached double digits by hosting 10 orbital rocket launches during January — a speedy cadence that, if it continues, would easily surpass last year's annual record of 93 ...

Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket visible as a streak of light from bottom right to top left. Don Pettit / NASA Blue Origin launched its New Glenn heavy-lift rocket for the first time last week ...

SpaceX halted the launch of a Falcon 9 rocket on Sunday with 11 seconds to spare after a plane allegedly flew into restricted airspace near the launchpad. The California exhibition set to send ...