In theory, water-based propulsion systems are a low-cost, safer alternative to conventional engines. Water is easier to ...
The coming decades of space exploration hinge on a single, stubborn number: the 225 million kilometres between Earth and Mars ...
Artificial intelligence is quietly reshaping how rockets fly, how spacecraft sip propellant and how engineers think about the leap to nuclear propulsion. What began as a set of algorithms for ...
Long before any spacecraft can attempt a faster journey to Mars, scientists must first solve one of space exploration’s ...
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) (THE CONVERSATION) Every year, companies and space agencies launch hundreds of rockets ...
Plasma propulsion transforms an inert propellant – often hydrogen – into plasma, a superheated mix of ions and electrons.
Plasma engines could be the future of human space travel, and Russia’s “manetoplasma rockets” have the most ambitious travel goals ...
Race 2 Space (R2S) is an international competition giving undergraduate students the chance to design, build, and hot-fire their own rocket engines. Since 2023, 58 teams have completed around 100 ...