Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A solar electric propulsion thruster emits the blue hue of Xenon gas during testing. Vibrant blue light emanates in a circular ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Humanity owes a debt of gratitude to the chemical rockets that have launched satellites, astronauts, and entire space stations into space. But if we ...

NASA just tested a blazing-hot plasma engine that could help carry humans to Mars.

NASA engineers have successfully tested a new breed of reaction control engine and propulsion system. Aimed at furthering NASA’s space exploration goals, the tests helped investigate the possibility ...

This relatively long transit time is a result of the use of traditional chemical rocket fuel. An alternative technology to the chemically propelled rockets the agency develops now is called nuclear ...

The first human Mars explorers won’t have it easy. Every additional day in deep space will increase their exposure to deadly ...

GE Aerospace and Kratos Defense & Security Solutions won a U.S. Air Force contract on May 19 to design the GE426 expendable drone engine — a compact propulsion system intended for attritable, ...

Recently NASA announced earlier this month that the 12 kW Advanced Electric Propulsion System (AEPS) — which is scheduled to form an integral part of the Lunar Gateway when it is launched — has passed ...

A laboratory in Troitsk, Russia, may have just nudged humanity closer to interplanetary commuting. Scientists at Rosatom, the country's state nuclear corporation, have revealed a working prototype of ...

GOCE’s sophisticated electric ion propulsion system has been switched on and confirmed to be operating normally, marking another crucial milestone in the satellite’s post-launch commissioning phase.

The Rolls-Royce Griffith concept was a fantastically overengineered attempt to create a Mach 2.5 VTOL passenger aircraft ...