A breakthrough in advanced propulsion technology has taken a significant step toward commercial reality after Venus Aerospace ...

The technology could be used to send probes across interstellar space to other star systems.

Researchers from the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) in Belgium and Khalifa University in the United Arab Emirates were involved in a study published in Advanced Science that could reshape ...

Houston-based Venus Aerospace has raised $91 million in Series B funding to expand production ...

An experiment on board a parabolic flight showed promising results suggesting that graphene, a thin sheet of carbon atoms, could be used to steer solar sails and adjust the position of satellites in ...

A new study from the University of Nottingham has explored the use of fuel-free spacecraft propulsion systems and how they could be used in future space missions. The paper, "Modeling and numerical ...

There is technology being perfected to make particle accelerators 100-1000 times lower cost. This would enable production of nuclear material for space propulsion that could reach up to 0.5% of light ...

For over a century, rocket propulsion has followed a simple principle; burn fuel, expel it backward, and Newton's third law pushes you forward. Since Konstantin Tsiolkovsky first formulated the rocket ...

AUCKLAND, New Zealand — Momentus announced Oct. 9 two new contracts with NASA to carry payloads to test in-space manufacturing and an advanced propulsion system on its Vigoride spacecraft. The company ...