A next-generation thruster developed by NASA may have brought the long awaited advent of interplanetary travel a step closer, harnessing the power of ion engine technology. The technology is ...

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 ...

Unlike most interplanetary probes, Dawn is not propelled by a chemical rocket engine, but by a solar-electric ion propulsion system, particularly suitable for long-distance flights. This innovative ...

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

BLETCHLEY, United Kingdom, March 10, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Pulsar Fusion, developers of clean space propulsion systems and services through fusion, today announced the unveiling of Sunbird, a ...

Electric (plasma) propulsion devices have been used for applications such as station-keeping and orbit transfer, in place of chemical rockets, because they provide a higher specific impulse. Detailed ...

Mission analysis in the narrower sense, that means everything to do with orbit mechanics and transfer trajectories, is an essential part of development work from the very beginning of mission and ...