Earlier this year, rocket scientists at NASA fired up an electromagnetic thruster powered by lithium metal vapor.
Artificial intelligence is moving from the control room into the engine bell, reshaping how rockets are designed, steered and powered. Instead of treating propulsion as a fixed piece of hardware, ...
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NASA tests lithium-fed plasma thruster aimed at faster Mars missions
On February 24, 2026, engineers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory fed liquid lithium into a prototype plasma thruster, ...
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Scientists identify vortex rings as key to dolphin speed using a supercomputer
Researchers from Osaka University have used supercomputer simulations to solve the mystery of how ...
This relatively long transit time is a result of the use of traditional chemical rocket fuel. An alternative technology to the chemically propelled rockets the agency develops now is called nuclear ...
The US and China are in a race to develop the most advanced submarines. Chinese researchers say they have made a breakthrough in laser propulsion technology that could one day be used on submarines ...
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