Electric propulsion is being increasingly used on space missions and could ultimately replace thrusters using chemical ...

NASA and its partners have successfully tested a nuclear thermal propulsion (NTP) fuel that could revolutionize deep-space ...

Two launches from Japan conducted by privately owned Space One were unsuccessful. India flew five orbital missions in 2024, all successfully, while Iran launched four rockets, also all successfully.

General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) has successfully tested the nuclear fuel that may one day propel and power the spacecraft ... Propulsion (NTP) system or nuclear rocket.

Today, rockets heavily rely on chemical propulsion. Deep space probes like Voyager 1 and 2, meanwhile, have used ion propulsion to reach further than any human-made spacecraft. While chemical ...

On January 7, V. Narayanan, a rocket and spacecraft propulsion expert, who heads the ISRO’s Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre (LPSC) in Thiruvananthapuram, was named successor to S. Somanath ...

Blue Origin, the company founded by Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, launched a rocket into orbit for the ... University whose expertise includes in-space propulsion and space systems.

which could make deep space travel easier to build for. The point of the design is to use less fuel while also providing more thrust than the current propulsion systems that NASA and other rocket ...

Nayuta Space secured “tens of millions ... oxygen engines developed by Beijing Aerospace Propulsion Technology Co. Ltd., a commercial rocket engine maker founded in 2018. The company aims ...