Sedna will make its closest approach to the Sun in 2076, giving us a rare opportunity to visit the planetoid before it drifts ...

The plasma rocket engine prototype is currently being tested in a vacuum chamber that simulates the conditions of space, ...

Scientists at Russia’s state-owned Rosatom corporation have developed a prototype of a plasma electric rocket engine that could reach Mars in just 30 to 60 days, Russian media reported.The ...

Pulsar Fusion’s new direct fusion drive (DFD) rocket engine will hopefully reach several hundred million degrees, creating temperatures hotter than the Sun. Engineers are building the engine in ...

The benefits of a pulsed rocket engine versus a traditional rocket in space – aside from potential break-neck speeds of possibly 500,000 mph – are its hyper-efficiency, fine-tuned thrust ...

This field propels the particles out of the engine, giving the plasma a directed motion that produces thrust. This approach has a power output of about 300 kW, allowing for unprecedented speeds.

At the time of writing, a rocket travelling from Earth to Mars - a 140-million mile journey - on a modern propulsion system takes around a year; a plasma-powered ship would need just 30-60 days.

However, Russia’s state atomic energy corporation Rosatom has developed a plasma electric rocket engine that it believes could send spacecraft to Mars in just 30 to 60 days.

That being said, Howe Industries is developing a Pulsed Plasma Rocket engine design to have 100,000 N (73,756 lbf) of thrust and specific impulse of 5,000. We haven't seen thrust figures for the ...