A prototype ion engine that uses lithium vapor as a propellant has aced its first tests, achieving 25 times more power than ...
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NASA tests new, super powerful engine
NASA just nudged its Mars ambitions forward with a lab test of a new ion engine that vastly outmuscles anything it's flown ...
Astrobotic, a developer of lunar landers and suborbital rockets, has successfully tested an advanced rocket engine that could ...
Astrobotic fires next-generation 'rotating detonation rocket engine' in record-breaking test (video)
Rotating detonation rocket engines (RDREs) work differently from conventional designs. Typical rocket engines rely on a ...
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Russian scientists build plasma engine that could reach Mars in 30 days, leaving SpaceX’s Starship looking obsolete
Russian researchers are testing a new plasma propulsion system that may accelerate future missions to Mars, reducing travel time from months to just one or two. The engine, developed by Rosatom’s ...
Jeff Thornburg helped turn a government research project into SpaceX’s most powerful rocket engine. Now, he’s trying to do the same thing at his startup Portal Space Systems, which is taking an idea ...
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US-built reusable liquid rocket engine completes 10 flights, hits hypersonic speeds
A US aerospace and defense company has taken a huge step towards operational hypersonic ...
Rotating detonation rocket engines work differently than traditional rockets to maximize thrust while using less fuel—an ...
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