Starliner launched on June 5, 2024, carrying NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams to the International Space Station. The test flight was initially expected to last between eight and 14 ...
General Atomics and NASA have successfully tested a new type of nuclear thermal propulsion reactor fuel at the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center in Alabama. The new fuel could help power propulsion ...
It has long become obvious that if we are to expand our reach into the solar system, the current means of propulsion for spaceships would simply not do. With such goals set for the near future, the ...
NASA’s push for a new nuclear rocket engine is not just another upgrade to the hardware we strap to the bottom of spacecraft. It is an attempt to rewrite the basic rules of how far, how fast, and how ...
As part of a golden age of exploration and discovery, NASA announced Friday the agency is increasing its cadence of missions ...
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NASA is streamlining its SLS rocket build and workflow to maintain skill sets, mitigate risk, and eventually launch every ...
Delray Beach, FL, Oct. 20, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The space propulsion market was valued at USD 13.36 billion in 2025 and is projected to grow to USD 20.02 billion at a compound annual growth rate ...
NASA’s latest briefing on interstellar object 3I/ATLAS has shifted the conversation from curiosity to engineering, as officials described a body shedding billions of tons of material each month while ...
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory announced Monday that it will cut around 550 jobs — around 10% of its staff. In a statement posted online, the lab’s director, Dave Gallagher, said the layoffs are ...
Artist's concept of Psyche. Credit: NASA HOUSTON—NASA says it has remedied a drop in the pressure of the electric propulsion system fuel line aboard the Psyche spacecraft that is en route to a large, ...