Electric propulsion is being increasingly used on space missions and could ultimately replace thrusters using chemical ...

NASA’s latest breakthrough, the Rotating Detonation Engine (RDE), could revolutionize space travel with up to 5% greater fuel ...

Nuclear propulsion could be the future of space travel and NASA and General Atomics just brought us one step closer.

General Atomic's new nuclear fuel was subjected to the maximum heat of a reactor for 20 minutes in the latest tests.

General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) has successfully tested the nuclear fuel that may one day propel and power the spacecraft of the future. The trials verify that the fuel can survive ...

Rocket technology predates space exploration by almost a thousand years, and although today's computerized multi-ton launch vehicles are a lot more capable than 11th-century gunpowder-assisted ...

One test-fired a new hydrogen-oxygen engine for the upper stage of an unspecified rocket for 100 seconds. It was conducted by the 101 Institute of CASC's Academy of Aerospace Propulsion Technology.

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) completed five engine tests on Thursday in Beijing and Laiyuan, ...

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has successfully demonstrated the restart capability of its liquid-fueled rocket engine named Vikas. The test was conducted at a facility in the ...

Isro successfully demonstrated the restart capability of its Vikas liquid engine, crucial for future reusable rocket stages, by firing it for 60 secon ...