A futuristic propulsion system may have a few hurdles to cross before it can attain the near-light-speeds many experts had ...

A sequence shows a metasurface “metajet” moving under laser illumination, demonstrating light-driven maneuver in a Texas A&M University study. Reaching the nearest star system, Alpha Centauri, would ...

Using even the most advanced rocket propulsion technologies available today, it would take billions of dollars and hundreds of thousands of years to reach our nearest star system, Alpha Centauri. The ...

Texas A&M University researchers have demonstrated the first optical propulsion system capable of full three-dimensional maneuvering, using nanoscale-engineered 'metajets' powered by lasers. The ...

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If we achieve advanced nuclear, antimatter propulsion or other advance propulsion it would be possible to achieve near constant acceleration. This would enable travel times to Mars in the 3-8 day ...

The 270-kW hybrid-electric powertrain will be flown in Ampaire’s ARPA-E Bird testbed (foreground). Credit: Ampaire Ampaire plans to develop a hybrid-electric propulsion system for light aircraft under ...

TOULOUSE, France-H3 Dynamics and HyLight have joined forces to bring new long-range, sustainable and quiet unmanned airships to various commercial applications. Traditionally, airships use combustion ...

ZeroAvia received a G-1 issue paper for the electric propulsion system ZeroAvia’s 600-kilowatt ZA600 hydrogen-electric powertrain uses hydrogen fuel cells to power an electric propulsion system.

WASHINGTON — A DARPA official said the agency canceled a space nuclear propulsion project it was jointly developing with NASA in part because the effort was overtaken by advances in more conventional ...