If we achieve advanced nuclear, antimatter propulsion or other advance propulsion it would be possible to achieve near constant acceleration. This would enable travel times to Mars in the 3-8 day ...

Aerospace engines form the mechanical heart of modern aviation. Every commercial aircraft, cargo plane, military jet, and ...

For years, scientists have searched for faster and more efficient ways to travel through space. Now NASA believes a new type of electric engine could help solve part of that problem. Researchers ...

A new propulsion system feeds the same "monopropellant" fuel into electrical and chemical thrusters, potentially saving on ...

A rendering of the redesigned ES-30. Credit: Heart Heart Aerospace has announced a redesigned hybrid propulsion system built around off-the-shelf turboprops and electric motors, as well as a series of ...

The space agency is investing in the development of a propulsion system that uses nuclear power to create plasma bursts. Reading time 2 minutes The future of space travel depends on our ability to ...

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A consortium led by Belgian engineering firm Tractebel has completed the European Space Agency-commissioned RocketRoll project on nuclear electric propulsion for space exploration. The consortium has ...

Boeing [NYSE:BA] has been awarded three new contracts under NASA’s In-Space Propulsion Technologies program for the development of advanced xenon ion propulsion technologies. NASA awarded the projects ...

Visit NAP.edu/10766 to get more information about this book, to buy it in print, or to download it as a free PDF. The purpose of this report is to examine propulsion and energy technologies; it does ...