For hundreds of years of human history, the invention that has defined our ability to travel, explore, and expand our boundaries has been the combustion engine. This hallmark of mechanical development ...

Every year, companies and space agencies launch hundreds of rockets into space—and that number is set to grow dramatically with ambitious missions to the moon, Mars and beyond. But these dreams hinge ...

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 ...

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ:KTOS) and GE Aerospace (NYSE:GE) announced on Tuesday a formal agreement to develop propulsion technologies for next-generation unmanned aerial ...

GOCE’s sophisticated electric ion propulsion system has been switched on and confirmed to be operating normally, marking another crucial milestone in the satellite’s post-launch commissioning phase.

The two proposed adaptive engines that might one day power the Next Generation Air Dominance fighter have passed an important design review, and Pratt & Whitney and GE Aerospace are each proceeding to ...

Four years from now, if all goes well, a nuclear-powered rocket engine will launch into space for the first time. The rocket itself will be conventional, but the payload boosted into orbit will be a ...

Pangea Aerospace successfully fired an aerospike engine in a series of tests at a DLR facility in Germany in 2021. Credit: Pangea Aerospace WASHINGTON — Spanish propulsion startup Pangea Aerospace has ...

One of the major driving forces behind the pursuit of green energy sources in the last few decades has been the relative scarcity of oil around the world. Because it is very gradually becoming more ...