Scientists have proposed two experimental spacecraft that could reach one of the farthest known objects in the solar system ...

A groundbreaking nuclear rocket engine that could completely change how we conduct long distance space missions is now under construction. The Pulsar Fusion rocket could more than halve the time ...

Pulsar Fusion's ambitious goal is to construct the largest and most practical nuclear fusion rocket engine to date. Their 8-meter fusion chamber, set to ignite in 2027, aims to generate ...

Sedna will make its closest approach to the Sun in 2076, giving us a rare opportunity to visit the planetoid before it drifts ...

For the moment, Pulsar Fusion plans to fire a prototype of its fusion rocket sometime in 2027. If all goes according to plans, the engine will fire the same year DARPA/NASA's DRACO rocket makes ...

A UK startup is building a nuclear fusion rocket engine that aims to halve the journey time to Mars.. Pulsar Fusion, an aerospace firm based in Bletchley, expects the system to exceed speeds of ...

Tech & Science Pulsar Fusion begins construction of nuclear fusion rocket engine. UK aerospace company Pulsar Fusion is assembling a nuclear fusion rocket engine, that harnesses the power of the sun.

Sunbird’s nuclear rocket engine will use helium-3, a rare form of hydrogen, to fuel fusion reactions that produce energetic protons. These protons would shoot out of the back of the engine ...

When ready, it attaches to other spacecraft and propels them toward their destinations using a nuclear fusion engine. That engine—the Duel Direct Fusion Drive, or DDFD—is what sets Sunbird apart.

In July, a U.K.-based aerospace company called Pulsar Fusion announced plans to build a rocket powered by nuclear fusion, instead of fission, that could reach speeds as high as 500,000 miles per hour.

Pulsar Fusion's Sunbird rocket pictured in a rendering. Pulsar Fusion. The company commissioned two of the largest propulsion testing chambers in the U.K. to test the technology, and it plans to ...