NASA is working on a lithium-plasma electric thruster that uses roughly 90% less fuel than chemical rockets. Can this new ...

NASA says it has successfully tested a high-powered plasma thruster that could eventually reduce Mars travel times from ...

NASA fired up a prototype of its electromagnetic thruster inside a vacuum chamber, reaching power levels of up to 120 kilowatts—the highest achieved in U.S. tests of an electric propulsion system.

NASA just tested a blazing-hot plasma engine that could help carry humans to Mars.

It may not be the 1.21 gigawatts Dr. Emmett Brown needed in the 80s classic "Back to the Future," but it's still a giant leap forward in space thruster power capabilities. NASA is testing a new ...

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory recently reached a significant achievement in space travel technology. They successfully tested a lithium-fed magnetoplasmadynamic (MPD) thruster, establishing a ...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - NASA has begun testing an electromagnetic thruster for a manned mission to Mars. The technology is being tested at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Southern California, ...

NASA’s Psyche spacecraft, located nearly 150 million miles from Earth on the way to an unexplored metal asteroid, has stopped firing its engines after detecting a problem in its propulsion system.

NASA is leading an effort, working with the Department of Energy (DOE), to advance space nuclear technologies. The government team has selected three reactor design concept proposals for a nuclear ...