NASA and General Atomics tested the fuel by exposing it to temperatures up to 3,000 Kelvin (4,940 Fahrenheit or 2,727 Celsius ...

Russian scientists have developed a plasma electric rocket engine that could enable travel to Mars in just one to two months.

A laboratory prototype of a plasma electric rocket engine based on a magnetic plasma accelerator has been produced by Rosatom ...

Russia's first space launch in 2025 also marked the final mission of its Soyuz-2.1v light launcher, with the country ...

The Scottish Affairs Committee heard SaxaVord Spaceport on Unst is ‘absolutely’ planning on a launch this year.

Phil Chambers, chief executive of Orbex, was asked about his company's decision to pause work at the Sutherland Spaceport site. Highland politicians were disappointed at the decis ...

The Russians have been just as imaginative as their American counterparts in designing spacecraft, yet less determined in realizing them.

SpaceX's gigantic Starship rocket has been "lost" just minutes into ... the company said it had lost contact with Starship as the engines went out. A host on SpaceX's livestream soon confirmed ...

Credit: OroraTech WASHINGTON — Rocket Lab announced Jan. 22 a contract to launch a set of wildfire-monitoring satellites for German company OroraTech on a short turnaround. Rocket Lab said it ...

Since then all the advances have been in making rockets larger and more efficient through innovations peripheral to the rocket engine itself. There are alternatives to chemical rockets ...

Now, the company appears on track for a launch in 2025. The company is now focused on building the RFA ONE rocket's first stage with nine Helix staged-combustion engines, and then conducting a full ...

The company is now focused on building the RFA ONE rocket's first stage with nine Helix staged-combustion engines, and then conducting a full hot fire test on the launch pad at SaxaVord Spaceport ...