"Our technology is different," Glover told SPACE.com."It's one possibility. We certainly think it has the most potential athigh power levels." Yet even the most efficient rocket engine needs a powersource. VASIMR may use gas as the propellant, but it also requires an electricpower source ...
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China plans to hold a test launch of the rocket in 2027. The development of the new engine and rocket is part of China's plan to put boots on the moon before 2030. Join our Space Forums to keep talking space on the latest missions, night sky and more! And if you have a news tip...
While we have yet to complete a nuclear fusion reactor on Earth itself, the effects offered by this process could reach space much sooner. The new rocket engine is being developed byPulsar Fusion, an aerospace firm based out of Bletchley. So far, the company expects the fusion rocket engine...
NASA conducted a successful full-duration test Dec. 15 to begin a new series of testing for state-of-the-art RS-25 engines to help power the agency’s Space Launch System (SLS), America’s new deep-space rocket, on future missions to the Moon and Mars. ...
Rocket Lab appears to be taking a page from SpaceX in its vehicle design. Electron uses a design like the Falcon 9, using nine “Rutherford” engines in its first stage and a single engine of the same design (with what appears to be a different nozzle to work better in vacuum) in the...
We Have Ignition! NASA Tests New Rocket Engine in Mojave DesertErin Biba
NASA is partnering with six US companies to develop technologies that have the potential to significantly benefit the commercial space economy and future NASA missions.
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp, the country's major space contractor, conducted on Sunday a major test on a new type of rocket engine, creating the biggest thrust power ever recorded in tests of any Chinese liquid-propellant engines. During the combined ignition test that took place...
The Air Force and the nation's key space launch provider are expressing doubts that a deadline will be met to replace a Russian-built rocket engine needed to loft heavy national security satellites. "I'm not sure 2019 is doable," Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James said at a recent hea...