Fusion-based propulsion (e.g., Daedalus) offers superior potential but awaits technological breakthroughs. Beamed power to ion drives or laser thermal rockets could work but demands advanced ...

WASHINGTON — Rocket Lab announced plans March ... but satellite makers continue to struggle with sourcing laser communication systems, along with propulsion and radiation-hardened components ...

Researchers have developed scalable lightsails, ultra-thin, reflective structures that use laser-driven radiation pressure to ...

The Spiral’s primary mission, had it made it beyond the test stage, would have been a combination of reconnaissance and ...

At more than 870 miles above Earth, this was no ordinary violin recital.On Sept. 13, 2024, Sarah Gillis (AeroEngr’17) played ...

Throughout the month of January, teams of SRL students visited Centaurus 3-4 days each week to lead instruction on propulsion ... to build the rocket and all of them worked differently. They had to ...

The Startup Pulsar Fusion is proposing a 2 Megawatt nuclear fusion orbital components for 2027. Pulsar has now proceeded to ...

One key supplier of laser terminals for SDA prime contractors, German firm Mynaric, has been undergoing a debt restructuring, and on March 11 Rocket Lab ... other items for propulsion systems.” ...

The primary focus of Bellatrix Aerospace lies in the development of advanced in-space propulsion systems and rocket propulsion ... Orbital Lasers to explore laser-based solutions for removing ...

The company, originally established as the IDF Science Corps, has developed groundbreaking technologies like high energy laser solutions ... to increase domestic rocket propulsion manufacturing ...

As it headed to the lunar surface, laser instruments that measured the ... Intuitive Machines also planned to test a rocket-powered vehicle called a hopper that could explore places not easily ...