NASA’s acting administrator Sean Duffy says he plans to “open up the contract” SpaceX holds to land astronauts on the moon ...

Use cases for smart materials in space exploration keep cropping up everywhere. They are used in everything from antenna ...

Portal Space Systems, a next-generation spacecraft company headquartered in Washington state, has successfully tested a solar thermal propulsion (STP) system at operational temperatures inside a ...

Dublin, Oct. 10, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "Asia-Pacific Large Satellite Propulsion System Market: Focus on Subsystem and Country - Analysis and Forecast, 2025-2040" report has been added to ...

Experimenting with futuristic propeller designs on my solar-powered boat to improve efficiency, speed, and handling. Watch the full test and see the results! #SolarPoweredBoat #FuturisticPropeller ...

Portal’s heat exchanger thruster, known as Flare, fires up during a test in a vacuum chamber. (Portal Space Systems Photo) Bothell, Wash.-based Portal Space Systems says it has successfully tested its ...

EIA’s latest monthly “Electric Power Monthly” report (with data through July 31, 2025), once again confirms that solar is the fastest growing among the major sources of US electricity. In July alone, ...

Space missions in the future could travel to Mars, asteroids and the outer solar system by riding on nuclear-powered rockets, ...

Artist’s concept of a small nuclear reactor being deployed on the Moon The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Glenn Research Centre in Northeast Ohio has been selected to lead the ...

EAST HARTFORD, Conn., Sept. 23, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Pratt & Whitney, an RTX (RTX) (NYSE: RTX) business, is accelerating the development of its XA103 engine for the U.S. Air Force's Next Generation ...

Scientists have developed a new form of nuclear propulsion that they claim could slash mission times to Mars and enable voyages to the farthest reaches of the solar system. A team from Ohio State ...