You're on the fourth human mission to Mars, and you're told the Odyssey spacecraft designed to take you there will be the ...

NASA fired up a prototype of its electromagnetic thruster inside a vacuum chamber, reaching power levels of up to 120 ...

A technology that could propel crewed missions to Mars and robotic spacecraft throughout the solar system was recently put to ...

A chip-sized structure made of silicon nanopillars floated off a surface inside a Cornell University lab, pushed upward by ...

Space startup Astrobotic put its rotating detonation rocket engine (RDRE) to the test for the first time, demonstrating a ...

Benchmark Macaw ASCENT thruster during hotfire testing Benchmark’s 22-Newton Macaw ASCENT thruster during hotfire at the company’s propulsion test facility near Pleasanton, California. Credit: ...

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory has successfully tested a lithium-fed magnetoplasmadynamic thruster at 120 kilowatts, the highest power level ever achieved for an electric propulsion system in the ...

REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala. (July 23, 2025) – The U.S. Army Redstone Test Center’s Propulsion Test Division has long served as the Army’s premier static test facility, boasting a rich history of evaluating ...

The first remanufactured Jetcruzer 500 entered flight testing in September 2024. Credit: Jetcruzer International Hydrogen-electric propulsion developer ZeroAvia has secured the first sale of a ...

The UK Space Agency is investing £4.12 million in a new rocket testing site in Buckinghamshire. The National Propulsion Test Facility in Westcott will provide a space for UK companies and academics to ...

SAIC has secured a $241.7 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract from the Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Newport to provide maintenance and ...

ABB solutions enable testing of those ‘early works’ and, later in the product cycle, help ensure the accuracy and reliability of novel technologies once they become commercially available. A leading ...