A researcher says he found a possible shortcut to Mars that would halve the time it takes to travel to the planet and back to ...

NASA just tested a blazing-hot plasma engine that could help carry humans to Mars.

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's Psyche spacecraft will get a boost from Mars on Friday, May 15, passing just 2,800 miles (4,500 kilometers) from the planet's surface at some 12,333 mph (19,848 kph). The spacecraft will ...

For years, nuclear propulsion sat in the same category as so many ambitious space ideas, impressive on paper, always a few ...

Inside a long vacuum chamber in Southern California, a spacecraft engine glowed white-hot as it pushed toward a level of ...

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

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

NASA's Psyche mission will execute a close flyby of Mars on 15 May. The spacecraft has captured an image of the Red Planet ...

Historic power milestone: The February 24 test at JPL reached 120 kW, surpassing all previous U.S. electric thruster records.

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