SAN FRANCISCO – Benchmark Space Systems’ ASCENT-fueled Macaw thruster performed a 10-minute continuous burn, clearing the way ...

Boeing is still desperately trying to figure out what went wrong with its Starliner spacecraft, which is still indefinitely stuck at the International Space Station. The plagued capsule docked with ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Boeing is closer to understanding what went wrong with its astronaut capsule in orbit, now that testing is complete on a spare thruster here on Earth. Officials said ...

Engineers at NASA say they have successfully revived thrusters aboard Voyager 1, the farthest spacecraft from our planet, in the nick of time before a planned communications blackout. A side effect of ...

Researchers from the Harbin Institute of Technology in China have created a new inlet design for Cylindrical shaped Hall thrusters (CHTs) that may significantly increase the thrust and allows ...

Researchers just test-fired a new type of ion thruster that “breathes” air, and one day, it could help humanity reach Mars and beyond. Better propulsion systems are key to advancing our space ...

The glitches delayed Starliner's docking at the ISS, but so far nothing insurmountable has arisen, officials say. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here ...

Imperial College is developing a rocket thruster called the Iridium Catalysed Electrolysis CubeSat Thruster (ICE-Cube Thruster) that is so small that it can only be fabricated using techniques ...

Phase Four's new Maxwell Block 2 electric thruster (left) next to its original Block 1 thruster. Credit: Phase Four WASHINGTON — Satellite electric propulsion company Phase Four has completed testing ...

"But if we make thrusters based on magnetic reconnection, then we could conceivably complete long-distance missions in a shorter period of time." In addition to cutting down travel time, the new ...

If you have been on the internet, you surely have seen this website showing the sizes of different starships. Way cool. Here is a small sample - but it doesn't do the site justice. You really need to ...

Perhaps outer space's most defining characteristic is the lack of air. The vacuum of space, largely devoid of molecules, makes the European Space Agency's new efforts to build an air-breathing ...