A laser hit the tiny black cube, and it lurched forward almost at once. That split-second jump, caught during a zero-gravity ...

Space travel has long involved heavy lifting. To reach a destination, the spacecraft has ...

The Artemis II RS-25 engine, evolved from the Space Shuttle Main Engines. L3Harris has produced four RS-25 engines for the SLS core stage, with plans to manufacture additional engines for future ...

Adding iron to a copper-based propellant MOF simultaneously solves its water stability problem and boosts laser propulsion efficiency, breaking a trade-off once thought inherent. (Nanowerk Spotlight) ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Scientists and engineers are diligently working on innovative concepts to make the next era of human spaceflight more powerful and more efficient ...

NASA plans to send crewed missions to Mars over the next decade – but the 140 million-mile (225 million-kilometer) journey to the red planet could take several months to years round trip. This ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio – New developments in nuclear thermal propulsion technologies may soon enable advanced space missions to the farthest reaches of the solar system. Leading these advances are researchers ...