A team of Texas A&M engineering students are working on a technology called optical propulsion, which could cut travel time ...

Reaching the nearest star system, Alpha Centauri, would take hundreds of thousands of years using current rocket propulsion ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Artist's impression of Space Reactor-1 Freedom, the nuclear-powered spaceship NASA says it is sending to Mars. (CREDIT: NASA) For ...

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Companies will target continued improvements to aircraft fuel efficiency, durability and operating costs PARIS, June 16, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- ATR and Pratt & Whitney Canada today announce their intent ...

Solna, Sweden — October 2025 — ECAPS AB, Sweden’s leading propulsion technology provider, has announced successful testing of its new Fast-Start Thruster (FAST) technology, a major advancement that ...

Quantum Space has acquired Phase Four’s multi-mode propulsion assets to boost its capability to deliver highly maneuverable, persistent and cost-efficient platforms for national security, civil and ...

Russia's state atomic energy corporation, Rosatom, has developed a plasma electric rocket engine that could send spacecraft to Mars in just 30 to 60 days. The plasma engine works by accelerating ...

PASADENA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Helicity Space, a commercial space company developing in-space propulsion and power technology based on fusion power, announces $5 million in seed round funding from ...

This relatively long transit time is a result of the use of traditional chemical rocket fuel. An alternative technology to the chemically propelled rockets the agency develops now is called nuclear ...

PARIS, June 16, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- ATR and Pratt & Whitney Canada today announce their intent to collaborate on the development of advanced propulsion technology for regional turboprop aircraft, ...