The high ground has always held strategic and tactical importance—from mountaintops in ancient battles to the orbital vantage points of today. China and Russia are rapidly accelerating their space and ...

NASA plans to send crewed missions to Mars over the next decade – but the 140 million-mile (225 million-kilometer) journey to the red planet could take several months to years round trip. This ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Scientists and engineers are diligently working on innovative concepts to make the next era of human spaceflight more powerful and more efficient ...

Spacecraft powered by electric propulsion could soon be better protected against their own exhaust, thanks to new ...

The test comprised a 10-sec. ignition of the Navier engine. Credit: Latitude Latitude, a startup developing the 200-kg (440-lb.)-payload Zephyr mini-launcher, has performed the first pressurized ...

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 ...

Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) has completed manufacturing and integrating a spacecraft engine that runs on the “green” or non-toxic propellants of liquid oxygen and liquid methane for ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio – New developments in nuclear thermal propulsion technologies may soon enable advanced space missions to the farthest reaches of the solar system. Leading these advances are researchers ...

The 670-horsepower electric propulsion system in the world's first and only electric muscle car, the Dodge Charger Daytona, has earned a 2025 Wards 10 Best Engines & Propulsion Systems award. The ...

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 ...

Electric propulsion is being increasingly used on space missions and could ultimately replace thrusters using chemical rockets. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...