A group of Kingston University in London engineering students have developed a rocket engine powered by an unusual but highly ...

A Virginia-based propulsion-focused company conducted a full-scale static fire of NASA’s Booster Obsolescence and ...

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Engineers didn't immediately acknowledge the issue during that broadcast, apart from one controller uttering "Whoa," followed ...

The 12 students were each recognized for exceptional reading achievements during the 2024 S.T.E.A.M. Race to Space Reading ...

Discover how NASA’s MARVL project is revolutionizing Mars missions with robot-assembled nuclear propulsion systems built in ...

Scientists and engineers are diligently working on innovative concepts to make the next era of human spaceflight more powerful and more efficient using nuclear propulsion. One of these designs, known ...

NASA's initiatives to pioneer next-generation space technologies are also hit hard in the White House's budget proposal. If the Trump administration gets its way, NASA's Space Technology Mission ...

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In essence, the PPE is a spacecraft powered by solar electric propulsion. With an output of 60 kilowatts, it will make the Gateway the most powerful spacecraft ever flown.

When Rocket Lab unveiled the Rutherford engine at the 31st Space Symposium in Colorado, it looked like any other space engine. It wasn’t. Rocket Lab manufactured the Rutherford via additive ...