HOUSTON—The Ad Astra Rocket Co. has completed a 30-month NASA contract to continue advancing its Variable Specific Impulse Magnetoplasma Rocket (VASIMR ... Astra Advances Plasma Rocket ...

Revolutionizing space travel is the order of the day with Russia’s state-owned nuclear agency Rosatom unveiling a plasma-powered engine rocket engineered to reduce the travel time from Earth to Mars.

When most people think of rockets, they likely imagine something like SpaceX's Raptor engine, or they might recall the Apollo 11 Saturn V rocket that took astronauts to the Moon. Rockets aren't ...

That said, rocket engines are unconventional and vastly different from the airplane, car, and other common engines. While rockets also combust fuel to move like other engines, there is a ...

The Academy of Aerospace Propulsion Technology in China "conducted tests on four types of engines, including a new hydrogen-oxygen engine," according to China Central Television. Credit ...

Plasma consists of charged particles, including ions and electrons, and appears naturally in phenomena like the sun’s core and lightning bolts. Tang’s engine captures this powerful force by ...

CEDAR PARK, Texas, April 23, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Firefly Aerospace, the leader in end-to-end responsive space services, today announced the company was awarded a contract from the Air Force ...

And that’s exactly where we’re headed,” he said. BluShift is the first company in the world to build a rocket engine that runs entirely on a nontoxic, bio-derived solid fuel. The company ...

Built with lightweight composite material, nozzle extensions will lower costs, improve performance, and accelerate rocket engine production CEDAR PARK, Texas, April 23, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE ...

A second-stage rocket nozzle extension would be fixed and is intended to improve performance and reduce costs. Credit: Firefly The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) has awarded Firefly ...