Historic power milestone: NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory fired a lithium-fed thruster at 120 kilowatts, far surpassing previous electric propulsion records. Mars mission potential: The technology ...

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Electric propulsion is increasingly looking like the technology that will underlie a first attempt to walk on the Red Planet.

NASA has completed a new series of tests on a high-power plasma engine fueled by liquid lithium, reaching record performance ...

NASA has successfully ignited a prototype magnetoplasmadynamic thruster powered by lithium metal vapor, reaching ...

Headquartered at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida alongside tenants like SpaceX and Blue Origin, the company is ...

Fusion engine fires plasma in UK test, marking a key step toward faster space travel and next generation rocket propulsion ...

The Artemis III Orion and its European Service Module, which includes its main propulsion, are also already at KSC. Also ...

Often described as a "mini-SpaceX," many space investors view Rocket Lab (NASDAQ: RKLB) as a second bite at the apple, and a second chance to invest in a rocket company that looks a lot like SpaceX ...

The new e-Transmission Cooling Pump and the flex fuel technology are examples of propulsion technologies to support vehicle makers throughout the powertrain spectrum -- Thermal management technologies ...

“The FAA is aware that Blue Origin New Glenn 3 experienced a mishap during the second-stage flight sequence following a successful launch,” according to an FAA statement released Sunday evening. “The ...

Welcome to Edition 8.37 of the Rocket Report! NASA is still climbing down from the high of the Artemis II mission, the first flight by humans to the Moon since 1972. What a mission it was! Now, ...