NASA just nudged its Mars ambitions forward with a lab test of a new ion engine that vastly outmuscles anything it's flown ...
A prototype ion engine that uses lithium vapor as a propellant has aced its first tests, achieving 25 times more power than ...
Astrobotic, a developer of lunar landers and suborbital rockets, has successfully tested an advanced rocket engine that could ...
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Rotating detonation rocket engines work differently than traditional rockets to maximize thrust while using less fuel—an ...
Jeff Thornburg helped turn a government research project into SpaceX’s most powerful rocket engine. Now, he’s trying to do the same thing at his startup Portal Space Systems, which is taking an idea ...
The Earth is much larger than most people realize. You need to use engines if you want to efficiently navigate large sections of the planet. Everything from cars to planes relies on engines, but they ...
A US aerospace and defense company has taken a huge step towards operational hypersonic ...