Experts say the right kind of propulsion system could carry spacecraft to Saturn in just two years. The direct fusion drive ...

The new Russian rocket engine achieves higher acceleration than chemical rockets by using magnetic plasma accelerators, allowing for speeds of up to 100 km/s.

A new kind of plasma engine which could power spacecraft of the future passes its initial laboratory tests.

A new plasma thruster in development at the Australian National University could take astronauts farther into deep space, and it could be powered by urine.

A Chinese team has demonstrated a prototype of a microwave plasma thruster capable of working in the Earth's atmosphere and producing thrust with an efficiency comparable to the jet engines you'd ...

I have heard that ion engines are becoming reality. Will they be the space propulsion of the future? This question was originally answered on Quora by C Stuart Hardwick.

The development of current drive techniques in plasma physics has advanced significantly over recent years, offering promising routes for non-inductive current generation in both experimental and ...

However, a new ion plasma rocket being developed by another former astronaut, Franklin Chang-Diaz, could potentially reach Mars in just 39 days using a fraction of the fuel.

The European Space Agency (Esa) says initial testing of a new plasma drive for spacecraft has been a success. The "double layer thruster" is a new kind of ion drive which could give much more power ...