"We're trying to encounter an astronomical object that streaks through our solar system just once and we don’t want to miss ...

Spacecraft powered by electric propulsion could soon be better protected against their own exhaust, thanks to new supercomputer simulations. Electric propulsion is a more efficient alternative to ...

Engineers are exploring propulsion methods that could enable longer-distance travel ...

Nuclear rockets are the future of space propulsion, and while fission propulsion is rapidly developing, most believe fusion propulsion is still a ways off. However, a new U.K.-based company is ...

Magdrive is working on three versions of its space thrusters, and because they run on solid metal, they might one day even be powered by space junk collected directly in orbit, turning it from threat ...

NASA astronauts Barry Wilmore and Sunita Williams have been stuck in space for nine months, on what was originally going to ...

About Pulsar Fusion Ltd. Established in 2013 as Applied Fusion Systems, Pulsar Fusion develops hyper-fast space propulsion systems using nuclear fusion. Fusion offers the best alternative with ...

Boeing is implementing key upgrades—thermal barriers will be added to prevent overheating, and thruster pulse profiles will ...

Two astronauts who have been stranded in space for several months ... to return in the Starliner due to propulsion problems. NASA then had to find an alternative way to bring the astronauts ...

Sunita Williams is returning aboard SpaceX Dragon spacecraft with astronaut Butch Willmore and two other Crew-9 members.