Portal Space Systems says it has successfully tested its solar thermal propulsion system at operational temperatures inside a ...

Spacecraft powered by electric propulsion could soon be better protected against their own exhaust, thanks to new ...

In a groundbreaking development, Ohio State University has unveiled a new concept for nuclear thermal propulsion that could significantly cut down travel time to Mars. Building on past space ...

There have been some laboratory experiments and theoretical work done to validate aspects of the plasma magnet propulsion concept. The Plasma Magnet is a wind drag device invented almost twenty years ...

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory oversees 40 missions to every planet in the solar system, plus the Sun. That won't save its ...

GeekWire chronicles the Pacific Northwest startup scene. Sign up for our weekly startup newsletter, and check out the GeekWire funding tracker and VC directory. by Alan Boyle on Apr 3, 2025 at 6:00 am ...

SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Momentus Inc. (NASDAQ: MNTS) ("Momentus" or the "Company"), a U.S. commercial space company that offers transportation and other in-space infrastructure services, ...

NASA's famed Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena notified more than 500 employees that they had been laid off on Tuesday.

The dual chemical and electric propulsion systems for NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) were recently delivered by Aerojet Rocketdyne to the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) ...

PASADENA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Helicity Space, a commercial space company developing in-space propulsion and power technology based on fusion power, announces $5 million in seed round funding from ...

Adam Maher serves as Founder & CEO of Ursa Space Systems Inc (Ursa), whose services empower users to make better decisions ...

Just like litter is a big problem on Earth, space junk is cluttering up outer space. To dispose of this junk, a researcher demonstrated the utility of a special plasma thruster. (Nanowerk News) Space ...