It is said to be the world’s first electric device for spacecraft propulsion boosted by nuclear fusion. Recently, the company announced the successful initial demonstration of this electric prop ...

Scientists are exploring the possibilities of antimatter propulsion as ... combustion that powers space shuttles’ main engines and 300 times more than the fusion reactions at the Sun’s core ...

Russian scientists claim to have developed a plasma electric rocket engine that could enable travel to Mars in just one to ...

Scientists are developing a new space propulsion system that uses water as fuel, promising a more sustainable way to explore ...

"Chemical rockets that we use today, even with the extra speed boost from flying by planets, or from swinging by the sun for a boost, just don't have the ability to scale to useful interstellar speeds ...

NASA and General Atomics successfully tested nuclear fuel for faster, more efficient space travel, pushing Mars missions forward.

ThrustMe, a satellite propulsion company based in France, is making a strategic push into the U.S. space market, securing a ...

A research team presents an AI assessor for Hall-effect ion thrusters, the engines of satellites and space probes.

As it turns out though, lasers could hold the key to cutting down travel times in space! 45 Days To Mars on the Laser Laser thermal propulsion is a relatively simple concept, and could get our ...

While an antimatter engine is very far off, researching it could yield other discoveries as well.