Russian engineers are betting that a radically different rocket engine can compress the long slog to Mars into something closer to an interplanetary commute. Their new plasma propulsion prototype, ...

Plasma propulsion transforms an inert propellant – often hydrogen – into plasma, a superheated mix of ions and electrons.

Russian scientists say they are closing in on a propulsion breakthrough that could compress the journey from Earth to Mars ...

Plasma mirrors capable of withstanding the intensity of powerful lasers are being designed through an emerging machine ...

Plasma engines could be the future of human space travel, and Russia’s “manetoplasma rockets” have the most ambitious travel goals ...

Welcome to Edition 8.27 of the Rocket Report! If all goes well this weekend, NASA will complete a wet dress rehearsal test of the Space Launch System rocket in Florida. This is the final key test, in ...

Marine engines and automotive engines are as different as Steinway pianos and comedy keyboards that operate by squeezing loud, well-tuned hamsters. They may look the same on the outside, but there's a ...

PRINCETON, NJ — Emergency responders extinguished a fire at a Spring Street apartment complex on Jan. 6. At approximately 10:16 p.m., emergency responders were dispatched to Spring Street following ...

Computer cooling primarily happens with regular old fans blowing air through a fixed heatsink assembly. This has various complexities; fans need a relatively large amount of space, and they make a lot ...