Russia is once again trying to vault itself to the front of the space race, this time with a plasma engine that officials say ...

Russian scientists say they are closing in on a propulsion breakthrough that could compress the journey from Earth to Mars ...

The USA's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has finalised an agreement with Lockheed Martin to begin work on the fabrication and design of an experimental nuclear thermal rocket and its engine ...

Welcome to Edition 7.06 of the Rocket Report! There has been a lot of drama over the last week involving NASA, the crew of Starliner on board the International Space Station, and the launch of the ...

Ursa Major’s Draper is a 4,000-pound thrust engine designed for hypersonics, defense, in-space propulsion, and space launch. Credit: Ursa Major WASHINGTON — Rocket engine startup Ursa Major said Nov.

There have been published papers by the Air Force Research Lab and NASA on rotating detonation engines having 10% or more efficiency gains. A rotating detonation engine (RDE) uses a form of pressure ...

The reusability of different parts of a space rocket has opened the doors to a literal flood of launches to Earth orbit and beyond. Thanks to the fact that space companies now no longer have to make a ...

There never was a better time to do business in space exploration. One needs to look no further than the many space startups presently operating in this industry to realize that's so. Another proof of ...