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 ...

For decades, the Soviet Union pretended it had never truly raced America to the Moon. The truth was buried in the wreckage of ...

A UK firm just ignited plasma inside a fusion rocket prototype. See how this breakthrough could make deep-space travel a ...

Denis Kutovoy, deputy director of the corporation’s space systems department, made this announcement at the Russian Space Forum MOSCOW, April 9. /TASS/. Russia’s Roscosmos, together with the Kurchatov ...

The disappearance of rocket scientist Monica Reza has taken a chilling new turn after new details about her work and its ties to US national security have resurfaced, ...

MOSCOW, April 1. /TASS/. The preliminary design for the Nuklon nuclear-powered propulsion system has been completed, Dmitry Bakanov, CEO of the Roscosmos State Space Corporation, said at a meeting of ...

"Everyone in Europe is convinced that we need options for conventional ballistic missile for deep strike given the expansion ...

A team of British scientists has achieved what they say is the first-ever plasma ignition inside a nuclear fusion rocket engine - a huge step that could one day make trips across the solar system, and ...

It may sound like science fiction, but this Israeli technology is currently being developed in Caesarea at the experimental ...

Rotating detonation rocket engines (RDREs) work differently from conventional designs. Typical rocket engines rely on a ...

Rotating detonation rocket engines work differently than traditional rockets to maximize thrust while using less fuel—an ...

Following a December 2025 executive order prioritizing “American space superiority,” NASA is advancing nuclear ...