Every year, companies and space agencies launch hundreds of rockets into space—and that number is set to grow dramatically with ambitious missions to the moon, Mars and beyond. But these dreams hinge ...

Electric thruster developed by Orbion Space. WASHINGTON — York Space Systems said it has acquired Orbion Space Technology, bringing a key satellite propulsion technology inside the company as it ...

Scientists and engineers are developing revolutionary new engine technology that could completely transform the future of ...

NASA’s new electric propulsion engine set a U.S. power record and could transform future Mars missions. The thrusters use ...

Space propulsion company Pulsar Fusion has achieved “first plasma” in its Sunbird nuclear fusion rocket, designed to propel rockets faster than any object has ever traveled. Reading time 2 minutes ...

Stuttgart, Germany – Marc. 17, 2026 – ISPTech, a German space technology company developing propulsion systems for agile in-orbit maneuvering, announced it has raised €5.5 million in seed funding to ...

Small enough to fit in the palm of a hand, NASA’s High Performance Spaceflight Computing processor packs the power of a full system-on-a-chip. This next-generation processor is made to survive deep ...

NASA is hitting the accelerator on space missions and moon trips in the hopes of achieving some big firsts — a permanent moon base and an interplanetary spacecraft harnessing nuclear propulsion. Over ...

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Industry veteran Jon Rambeau, the new chief executive of Karman Space & Defense, says he has two very straightforward goals: strengthening national defense and advancing space exploration. Karman, ...