The breakthrough brings scientists a step closer to fusion propulsion - technology that mimics the energy reactions powering ...

In this initial demonstration, engineers successfully produced plasma within the engine’s exhaust system. Rather than ...

UK-based Pulsar Fusion has achieved its first plasma in the exhaust system of its ...

Russia is quietly testing a new plasma propulsion system that, if it performs as claimed, could dramatically change how long it takes to travel to Mars. Early results suggest a leap in speed and ...

Pulsar Fusion, a UK-based rocket startup, says it fired plasma inside its Sunbird nuclear fusion rocket engine during a live ...

Russian scientists at Rosatom's Troitsk Institute are developing a plasma propulsion system that could change space travel. The new plasma rocket engine is poised to accelerate spacecraft to speeds of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. We’ve been talking about going to Mars for decades, but we haven’t yet cracked how to get people there and back safely and in a ...

Russia's state atomic energy corporation, Rosatom, has developed a plasma electric rocket engine that could send spacecraft to Mars in just 30 to 60 days. The plasma engine works by accelerating ...

PLASMA ENGINE FACILITY: Safran has inaugurated a new plasma engine facility at its space propulsion plant in Vernon, north of Paris. The facility, partly financed with a 1 million euro ($1.3 million) ...