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 ...

A California-based company, SpinLaunch, is making waves with its innovative satellite launch system, drawing particular ...

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

Description: Project BLERP aims to design and construct a reusable liquid rocket engine and launch stand that can be re-used and studied by future students at University of Colorado Boulder. The goal ...

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

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.

As humanity looks to explore beyond our planet and push the boundaries of space travel, the aerospace and defense industries are entering ...

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 ...

One of China’s latest commercial launch companies has secured early funding as it aims to develop a launcher featuring first ...

Hence an electric propulsion system is also referred to as an ion engine. The energy for the electromagnetic fields is often provided by solar arrays, and hence the technology is sometimes ...