NASA’s Psyche spacecraft, located nearly 150 million miles from Earth on the way to an unexplored metal asteroid, has stopped firing its engines after detecting a problem in its propulsion system.

NASA’s DART mission proved that a spacecraft can nudge an asteroid system in space, offering a real test of planetary defense. NASA’s DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test) spacecraft changed the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

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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 ...