This week an in-space propulsion company, Impulse Space, announced that it had raised a significant amount of money, $300 million. This follows a fundraising round just last year in which the Southern ...

Significant uranium loss could reduce the engine’s specific impulse by up to two-thirds. The researchers propose using dielectrophoresis (DEP) to capture vaporized uranium, targeting a 99% ...

Thomas Mueller is an aerospace engineer known for his groundbreaking work in rocket engine design. Mueller was a founding employee of SpaceX and is currently the founder and CEO of Impulse Space.

With this system, the researchers estimate they could achieve a specific impulse of around 1500 seconds, almost double what a traditional NTP engine would have, while only having slightly less thrust.

The engine demonstrates enhanced thrust performance (at least 6 Newtons) and specific impulse (at least 100 kilometres per second). The project is part of a comprehensive programme focused on ...

This engine is the vacuum-optimized engine that is used in the rocket's second stage. The Rutherford engine uses RP-1 (a type of refined, rocket-grade kerosene) and liquid oxygen (LOX) as the ...

Nuclear engines are the future of spaceflight, ... Without getting too much into it (after all, it is rocket science), specific impulse describes how efficiently an engine converts fuel to thrust.

Impulse Space has raised a massive new tranche of funding as big-name investors bet that ... where he led the development of the Merlin rocket engine that powers the Falcon 9 rocket and the Draco ...

Tech expert Kurt “CyberGuy" Knutsson says 329,000 mph fusion rocket promises to ... This engine powers their Sunbird ... The Sunbird boasts a high specific impulse and an integrated 2 MW ...

The benefits of a pulsed rocket engine versus a traditional rocket in space – aside from potential break-neck speeds of possibly 500,000 mph – are its hyper-efficiency, fine-tuned thrust ...

“The high specific impulse, deep throttling, and restart capabilities of BE-7 make the engine ideal for large lunar payload missions,” said Blue Origin. The New Glenn rocket is named after ...