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Russia unveils engine that could reach Mars in 30 days

While NASA pushes forward with its nuclear-powered engine concepts and researchers hunt for clever orbital shortcuts to slash ...
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NASA working to streamline development of nuclear electric propulsion demo mission

NASA announced plans March 24 to develop Space Reactor 1 (SR-1) Freedom, a mission to Mars demonstrating nuclear electric propulsion. Credit: NASA WASHINGTON — NASA is working on a streamlined ...
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NASA approves Lockheed Martin X-59 for maiden supersonic test flight phase

NASA’s X-59 experimental aircraft, developed under the agency’s Quesst mission in partnership with Lockheed ...

For satellites as small as a briefcase, getting around in space just got a whole lot easier

MIT engineers are testing a new propulsion system that combines the power and speed of conventional chemical thrusters with the precision and fuel-efficiency of electrical thrusters. The system could ...

Inside This SpaceX Billionaire’s Mission To Build A Fleet Of Outer Space Taxis

Tom Mueller built the rocket engines that gave Elon Musk outer space. Now, he's racing to create a fleet of cabs for the ...

Blue Origin's lunar lander just passed its toughest test yet

There is a chamber at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston that is, in its own way, one of the most extraordinary rooms on ...
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Impulse Space raises $500 million to build out its ultra-mobile spacecraft

Impulse Space, founded by SpaceX veteran Tom Mueller, just raised $500 million for its ultra-mobile spacecraft that could ...