L3Harris Technologies said Jan. 5 it will sell a majority stake in its space propulsion business to private equity firm AE ...

The rise of the commercial space industry precipitated a steeper decline at Rocketdyne. Boeing sold the Rocketdyne division ...

A Virginia-based propulsion-focused company conducted a full-scale static fire of NASA’s Booster Obsolescence and Life Extension (BOLE) solid rocket booster. The 156-foot-long five-segment solid ...

That something is nuclear propulsion. Essentially, a nuclear rocket engine is a reactor that has hydrogen running through it as a propellant, which is heated to an astonishing 3,000 K (2,727 °C, 4,940 ...

Scientists and engineers are diligently working on innovative concepts to make the next era of human spaceflight more powerful and more efficient using nuclear propulsion. One of these designs, known ...

Sassie Duggleby, co-founder and chief executive of Venus Aerospace (right) speaks at Axios "Future of Defense" conference. Credit: Axios WASHINGTON — Rocket propulsion startup Venus Aerospace ...

It seems too good to be true, but UK-based Pulsar Fusion has revealed its new Sunbird self-contained nuclear rocket tug that uses a fusion propulsion engine that could reduce a trip to Mars to under ...

Engineers from Ohio State University are developing a new way to power rocket engines, using liquid uranium for a faster, more efficient form of nuclear propulsion that could deliver round trips to ...

ULA's Vulcan is due to send up on Aug. 12 a pair of U.S. Space Force national security satellites on one of the company's most ambitious-ever launches. The Vulcan rocket, which has flown twice before, ...

A new design for a nuclear-powered rocket could be the key to making the solar system more accessible. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...