Russia is extensively testing a new plasma based rocket engine that will use charged hydrogen particles to gain turbulent ...

The development of the engine is expected to make interplanetary trips much faster and expand humanity's access to worlds ...

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

The system was installed on the side of the European Space Agency’s Columbus module on the ISS. From there, the rig of 4K ...

On January 18, the team at Firefly carried out Blue Ghost’s first engine burn, firing up the lander’s thrusters and main ...

shows a gorgeous blue Earth hanging in space beside the nozzle of the Falcon 9's upper-stage Merlin engine. Earth looks smaller than it typically does in such launch photos, because it's quite far ...

A space physics expert has sounded the alarm over the dangers of space junk orbiting Earth at speeds of 18,000mph, warning that it could pose a serious threat to life on our planet. Dr Ian ...

Credit: Firefly Aerospace An uncrewed spacecraft just snapped an iconic portrait of the blue marble from space. Blue Ghost captured the Earth image, shown below, during its second engine burn ...

The International Space Station (ISS) orbits high above our heads, yet the pull of Earth's gravity never hauls the complex out of orbit and sends it plummeting through our atmosphere, where it ...

But to travel from low-Earth orbit (LEO ... s upcoming lunar space station, the space agency has miniaturized its high-power ...

Earth from space A 2022 satellite photo shows a shimmering trail of dried, chemically-enriched mud left behind by a torrent of wastewater that flooded a South African mining town, killing three ...