A prototype ion engine that uses lithium vapor as a propellant has aced its first tests, achieving 25 times more power than ...

A powerful new electromagnetic thruster has taken a major step forward after a successful high-energy test at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Fueled by lithium vapor and driven by intense magnetic ...

NASA has been conducting a series of hot fire tests to certify RS-25 engines for use on the Space Launch System rockets that ...

Earlier this year, rocket scientists at NASA fired up an electromagnetic thruster powered by lithium metal vapor.

NASA test-fired a RS-25 rocket engine on Feb. 8, 2023 at the Stennis Space Center in Mississippi on March 8, 2023. It was the "third hot fire test of an ongoing certification series for the redesigned ...

NASA fired up a prototype of its electromagnetic thruster inside a vacuum chamber, reaching power levels of up to 120 ...

Space startup Astrobotic put its rotating detonation rocket engine (RDRE) to the test for the first time, demonstrating a potentially groundbreaking technology that generates thrust by supersonic ...

Two Chakram engine prototypes accumulated more than 470 seconds of total run time.

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