A powerful new propulsion test by NASA signals a major shift in how humans could reach Mars, as engineers successfully fired ...

A powerful new electromagnetic thruster has taken a major step forward after a successful high-energy test at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Fueled by lithium vapor and driven by intense magnetic ...

Earlier this year, rocket scientists at NASA fired up an electromagnetic thruster powered by lithium metal vapor.

Inside a long vacuum chamber in Southern California, a spacecraft engine glowed white-hot as it pushed toward a level of ...

NASA has successfully tested a lithium-fed magnetoplasmadynamic thruster at a record 120 kilowatts, marking a major step forward in high-power electric propulsion. Conducted at the Jet Propulsion ...

You're on the fourth human mission to Mars, and you're told the Odyssey spacecraft designed to take you there will be the ...

Russia is quietly testing a new plasma propulsion system that, if it performs as claimed, could dramatically change how long it takes to travel to Mars. Early results suggest a leap in speed and ...