As such, NASA is working with a technology development company on a new propulsion system that could drop off humans on Mars in a relatively ... as well as a pulsed plasma rocket.

a modular spacecraft powered by a compact pulsar fusion rocket. According to the company, this cutting-edge propulsion system could reach Mars in under four months and make the trip to Pluto in ...

NASA aims to send astronauts to Mars by the 2030s. But with current technology, the journey will be years long. That's why NASA invested in a new type of rocket that could shorten the trip to just ...

Elon Musk, who is juggling his Tesla and SpaceX leadership with DOGE, said in a post on X he wants to send rockets to Mars by the end ... ending two straight rocket launches with explosions.

The missions could prove a boon for Musk’s SpaceX, which would likely be a top contender to provide the rocket. While other companies have rockets that could reach Mars, only SpaceX has ...

In the race to land the first humans on Mars, NASA is betting big on nuclear rocket engines to get its astronauts to the red planet. Earlier this year, the agency announced a partnership with the ...

Instead of launching a sports car, as SpaceX did with its first Falcon Heavy rocket, Jeff Bezos's space company will likely launch a pair of Mars probes for NASA. NASA is aware of the risk of ...

NASA's troubled Mars sample-return program may have a new lifeline, in the form of a proposal from private space company Rocket Lab to help save the mission. However, while Perseverance has been ...

Those samples will be loaded into a rocket inside the lander called the Mars Ascent Vehicle, which will launch into Mars orbit, where it will rendezvous with a spacecraft called the Earth Return ...

If all goes to plan, the Mars Ascent Vehicle will be the first rocket ever to launch on another planet. NASA has test-fired rocket motors as part of the development of an ascent vehicle designed ...