Most space missions rely on chemical rockets for propulsion. Rockets must carry fuel, which increases spacecraft mass and limits their speed and travel distance. For decades, researchers have explored ...

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 ...

Defence minister Rajnath Singh warns India has five to seven years to build a next-generation, sovereign aero engine.

Anemoi says accurate measurement of WAPS fuel savings is key to giving shipowners and operators confidence in the technology.

A solar-electric propulsion thruster in development at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, is being considered as part of the Asteroid Redirect Mission. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech HELSINKI — A Chinese ...

ZF has been part of that evolution for more than a decade. As one of the first companies to introduce commercial thrusters into the inland market, the company has continued refining its AT thruster ...

Electric (plasma) propulsion devices have been used for applications such as station-keeping and orbit transfer, in place of chemical rockets, because they provide a higher specific impulse. Detailed ...

Space has a trash problem, with defunct satellites, rockets, and smaller broken bits orbiting Earth at high speeds. The amount of space junk is only increasing, raising the risk of collision with ...

NASA and DARPA will partner on future phases of the DRACO program to demonstrate a space nuclear thermal propulsion system launching as soon as 2027. Credit: DARPA WASHINGTON — NASA and the Defense ...

Technological advancement is opening new doors for hybrid and fully electric vessels. In mid-2020, the U.S. Navy accepted the delivery of the USS Zumwalt, the Navy’s first full-electric power and ...