"ULA’s Centaur (with minor modifications) is the only existing in-space propulsion stage capable of meeting the SLS upper stage design parameters and performance characteristics, while also meeting ...

Scientists have successfully tested a material design for light sails using photonic crystals that could achieve 20% the speed of light ...

Abstract: Current propulsion methodologies employed during deep space exploration are usually short in their ability to enable manned interplanetary missions to be performed over a long period of time ...

A cluster of recent theoretical papers has laid out mathematical frameworks for propelling spacecraft at speeds ranging from ...

A NASA rocket mission will soon launch from Alaska to reveal the electrical circuitry underlying the aurora. The rocket will use a technique similar to a CT scan to reconstruct the electrical currents ...

Space is filled with garbage. More specifically, the low Earth orbit, where most satellites and space equipment spend their time. NASA estimates that there are nearly 6,000 tons of material in low ...

Russian scientists are testing a plasma rocket engine that uses electromagnetic fields instead of fuel combustion, ...

Experience the future of space travel with the Eco Rocket, a groundbreaking environmentally friendly rocket system powered by innovative steam propulsion. Watch as this multi-stage rocket, adorned ...

Rocket Lab suffered a structural failure of the Neutron rocket’s Stage 1 tank during testing, setting back efforts to get to the inaugural flight for the fully reusable launcher. The mishap occurred ...

L3Harris Technologies is selling a 60% stake in its space propulsion business to AE Industrial Partners for $845 million. The divested unit, which includes the RL10 engine program, will be rebranded ...

AE Industrial Partners, LP ("AE Industrial"), a private investment firm focused on technologies and services considered critical to aerospace and national and economic security, today announced that ...