A breakthrough in propulsion technology could make the journey from Earth to Mars dramatically faster. This video explores how nuclear thermal and nuclear electric propulsion concepts aim to cut ...

The high ground has always held strategic and tactical importance—from mountaintops in ancient battles to the orbital vantage points of today. China and Russia are rapidly accelerating their space and ...

NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab is reportedly holding a "going out of business sale" for its satellites, NASA Watch reports. The list of for-sale assets includes several Earth-monitoring satellites that ...

On November 14, 2003, astronomers spotted what was at the time the most distant known object orbiting the Sun. They called it Sedna after the Inuit goddess of the ocean. It’s a cold, reddish dwarf ...

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 ...

This week an in-space propulsion company, Impulse Space, announced that it had raised a significant amount of money, $300 million. This follows a fundraising round just last year in which the Southern ...

Kratos and GE Aerospace signed an agreement to develop affordable engines for unmanned aerial systems. GEK800 and GEK1500 engines will support scalable propulsion for diverse defense applications. Up ...

How can fission-powered propulsion help advance deep space exploration, specifically to the outer planets like Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune? This is what a recent study presented at the 56th ...

The head of the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog met the Union of Greek Shipowners (UGS) on Thursday to drum up support for atomic maritime propulsion. Nuclear energy already has ardent advocates in ...

Karman Space & Defense has acquired Industrial Solid Propulsion to broaden its energetic propulsion technology capabilities. In a statement published Thursday, Karman CEO Tony Koblinski called ISP a ...

Finnøy Gear & Propeller has signed a contract to deliver complete propulsion systems for a new series of eight cargo vessels being built for the Norwegian shipping company Wilson ASA. The vessels will ...

The Vulcan rocket is a heavy-lift launch vehicle developed by ULA. First launched in January 2024, it is designed to replace ULA’s older Delta IV and Atlas V rockets. It can be equipped with up to six ...