NASA and its partners have successfully tested a nuclear thermal propulsion (NTP) fuel that could revolutionize deep-space ...

"Chemical rockets that we use today, even with the extra speed boost from flying by planets, or from swinging by the sun for a boost, just don't have the ability to scale to useful interstellar speeds ...

Engineers developed an engine prototype which could reach unprecedented speeds, cutting down interplanetary travel time.

Electric propulsion is being increasingly used on space missions and could ultimately replace thrusters using chemical rockets. Spacecraft powered by electric propulsion could soon be better ...

Russia's State Atomic Energy Corporation, Rosatom, recently developed a new spacecraft engine with impressive specifications.

NASA is testing futuristic, extreme fuel that will transport humans to Mars. They are testing nuclear fuel for future moon ...

Today, rockets heavily rely on chemical propulsion. Deep space probes like Voyager 1 and 2, meanwhile, have used ion propulsion to reach further than any human-made spacecraft. While chemical ...

A prototype electric plasma rocket engine capable of significantly increasing thrust and efficiency has been unveiled by ...

Applications are invited for a fully funded PhD/MASc studentship (full time) in the area of advanced chemical rocket propulsion for next generation launch vehicles. We are looking for one or more ...

Since its foundation in 1959, the DLR Institute of Space Propulsion has been the most important European research and testing facility for liquid-chemical rocket engines. Our mission is to make the ...

The propulsion systems used in launch vehicles typically employ chemical propellants ... main engines), or solid propellants (used in some rocket boosters). Advanced propulsion technologies ...

It cycled the nuclear thermal propulsion (NTP ... the relative inefficiencies of traditional chemical rockets come into sharp focus. While they do have the power to get spacecraft to Mars and ...