This new propulsion system could rewrite the rules of spaceflight—not to mention completely defy conventional physics.

Robert Zubrin was an inventor of the magnetic sail with Dana Andrews when they looked at the drag of a magnetic scoop intended for a Bussard ramjet. The magnetic sail would be great for a lighter ...

Direct Fusion Drive, is a unique fusion engine concept based on the Princeton Field-Reversed Configuration (PFRC) fusion reactor under development at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory. The truly ...

If you’re familiar with advancements in spacecraft engine development, then you’ve undoubtedly heard of something known as the ion drive engine. In essence, the ion drive engine is a solid-state ...

MagLev Aero unveiled a novel magnetic levitation (MagLev) propulsion system, HyperDrive, for ultra-quiet eVTOL aircraft at the Paris Air Show. The system uses a many-bladed rim and distributed ...

Helicon plasma propulsion represents a promising and multifaceted approach in the domain of electric space propulsion. At its core, the technology utilises helicon waves to generate high-density ...

WASHINGTON — A year from now, the U.S. Navy hopes to launch a pair of small satellites that are able to harvest electrons from space and use them and the Earth’s magnetic field as a propulsion system.

The EmDrive, a type of space propulsion system that claimed to produce thrust without propellant, has been highly controversial (to say the least) since it came around in 2003. Now, thanks to a new ...

It seems as if the age of the bench-top breakthrough in rocket science is not a thing of the past. Dr Patrick Neumann of the University of Sydney has developed a new ion drive as part of his PhD ...