Forward-looking: Scientists have long envisioned nuclear electric propulsion as a transformative technology for unlocking the potential of solar system exploration. Now, two companies making steady ...

I’ve grown up with rockets that burn chemical fuel, but NASA’s next big leap in propulsion could make those engines look as dated as steam trains. By turning to nuclear power in space, the agency is ...

Rendering of VASIMR in flight around Mars. Credit: Ad Astra Rocket Company Propulsion technologies are the key to exploring the outer solar system, and many organizations have been working on novel ...

Long before any spacecraft can attempt a faster journey to Mars, scientists must first solve one of space exploration’s biggest challenges: propulsion.

Propelled announces its largest expansion of ESC motor controllers and Intelligent Power Systems, supporting drones and autonomous platforms.

Go faster, farther, more efficiently. That's the goal driving spacecraft propulsion engineers like Chen Cui, a new assistant professor at the University of Virginia School of Engineering and Applied ...

Fundamentals of thermodynamics and aerodynamics -- Thermodynamic cycle analysis of gas turbines and air-breathing propulsion systems -- Aerodynamic design of axial flow compressors and turbines -- ...

Ad Astra's VX-200SS™ high-power VASIMR ® Prototype SpaceNukes' ground-tested Kilopower Space Reactor Partnership: The Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between Ad Astra and SpaceNukes outlines a ...

Rendering of a 40-megawatt VASIMR Nuclear Electric Propulsion (NEP) human mission to Mars. Credit: Ad Astra Rocket Co. HOUSTON—Strategic partners Ad Astra Rocket Co. and Space Nuclear Power Corp. are ...

Thrustworks Dynetics is a Pune-based propulsion company that designs and develops liquid rocket propulsion systems and ...

Space Kidz India has successfully launched two innovative rockets at Uthandi Beach in Chennai, marking National Science Day 2026 under the theme "Women in Science: Catalysing Viksit Bharat". The solid ...