Isar Aerospace, based in Germany, is the first in a crop of new European rocket companies to attempt an orbital launch. If ...

Fusion has long been the propulsion end-goal for interplanetary travel, and a U.K.-based company thinks on its way to ...

Who's up for a historic late-night launch? Weather permitting, SpaceX will launch a spacecraft carrying the first people to ...

The rocket's frozen exhaust plume appears to be spinning in the atmosphere and reflecting the sunlight,' the Met Office ...

Technological advancements made the development of these engines possible -- and forever changed the way outside observers ...

After ten years of quiet research, Pulsar Fusion has unveiled a nuclear fusion-powered rocket called the Sunbird. This spacecraft isn’t just another science fiction concept—it’s being designed to fly ...

A strange "illuminated swirl" was spotted in the night sky on Monday, leading many to wonder what was causing it.

Ninety years ago today, on March 28, 1935, Robert H. Goddard launched the first gyroscopically-stabilized liquid-fueled ...

“The rocket’s frozen exhaust plume appears to be spinning ... Minutes later, the rocket’s engines lost power, sending the vessel into an uncontrollable spin that the company said was ...

A fusion rocket, for example ... will use what’s known as a Duel Direct Fusion Drive (DDFD) engine, which uses fusion to create exhaust speeds exceeding anything capable today.

Anyone ready for a very special and historic late-night rocket launch ... reflected off the frozen exhaust. At the bottom of the oval, the first stage is firing its engines to slow it down ...