A new lab experiment is testing plasma jets as a water-free solution for "space laundry" on future missions to the moon and ...

Infusion of Nanosecond Pulsed Plasma Discharge into solid rocket motors may offer throttleable and restartable capabilities.

NASA’s new electric propulsion engine set a U.S. power record and could transform future Mars missions. The thrusters use ...

NASA is working on a lithium-plasma electric thruster that uses roughly 90% less fuel than chemical rockets. Can this new technology help us colonize Mars?

Buckle up, kiddos, we're goin' to Mars! Okay, so no one is actually going to Mars anytime soon and SpaceX's Starship rocket keeps exploding. However, extra-long-distance space travel is inching closer ...

SpaceX scrubbed the test flight of its massive Starship rocket on Thursday, a day after the company filed its IPO prospectus. The 12th test flight, which was pushed to Friday, will debut a third ...

Rocket Lab highlighted progress on Neutron during its May 7 earnings call, including testing of the rocket's Archimedes engine. Credit: Rocket Lab WASHINGTON — Rocket Lab announced May 7 the largest ...

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory recently reached a significant achievement in space travel technology. They successfully tested a lithium-fed magneto.

The Houston Rockets entered last offseason with a star player in their sights, and decided to pull the trigger on a Kevin Durant deal with the Phoenix Suns. Durant, aging but still spectacular, ...

Liquid lithium is emerging as a versatile plasma-facing material in magnetic confinement fusion devices. Its low atomic number minimises plasma dilution, while its high heat capacity and latent heat ...

A novel electromagnetic thruster passed an initial test in a specialized chamber at JPL. With further development, these thrusters could support human missions to the Red Planet. A technology that ...