It sounds like a NASA pipe dream: a new spacecraft thruster that’s up to 40 percent more power efficient than today’s. Even better, its fuel costs less than a thousandth as much and weighs an eighth ...

NASA and Aerojet Rocketdyne are taking a big step in testing a new ion propulsion engine that will help power lunar exploration. The Advanced Electric Propulsion System (AEPS) has been undergoing ...

Agile Space Industries (Agile) has taken an important step toward the development of lunar landers for commercial lunar missions and supporting the return of humans to the Moon under NASA’s Artemis ...

TAMPA, Fla. — Pale Blue has raised an extra $8.5 million in venture capital to mass-produce water vapor propulsion systems and upgrade the technology, the Japanese small satellite thruster developer ...

The distant and cold Voyager 1 spacecraft did a clever thruster trick to help it phone home. "All the decisions we will have to make going forward are going to require a lot more analysis and caution ...

A new generation of thrusters has been used to precisely guide and point a satellite in space, paving the way for use of this technology on future spacecraft to save weight, fuel and cut power ...

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Boeing’s plagued Starliner spacecraft will officially return without any astronauts on board, following what has proven to be a disastrous first crewed test flight. Before the mission even launched, ...

This artist’s concept depicts NASA’s Psyche spacecraft headed to the metal-rich asteroid Psyche in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. The spacecraft launched in October 2023 and will ...