Space.com

NASA is making a powerful new ion engine to send astronauts to Mars — and it just passed its 1st test

"This marks the first time in the United States that an electric propulsion system has operated at power levels this high, ...

NASA's lithium-fed electric thruster could carry humans to Mars and beyond

Inside a long vacuum chamber in Southern California, a spacecraft engine glowed white-hot as it pushed toward a level of ...

NASA tests lithium thruster: Milestone for manned Mars missions?

NASA has successfully tested a magnetoplasmadynamic thruster with lithium propellant. The technology is considered key for ...

NASA’s Lithium-Fed Nuclear Thruster Flares to Life in First of Its Kind Test

NASA fired up a prototype of its electromagnetic thruster inside a vacuum chamber, reaching power levels of up to 120 ...
Hosted on MSN

Blue Origin advances Blue Moon lander with BE-7 engine test

Blue Origin has completed a qualification test of its BE-7 engine for the Blue Moon Mark 2 lunar lander, a key step toward future crewed Artemis missions. The liquid hydrogen/liquid oxygen engine is ...