Historic power milestone: NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory fired a lithium-fed thruster at 120 kilowatts, far surpassing previous electric propulsion records. Mars mission potential: The technology ...

Earlier this year, rocket scientists at NASA fired up an electromagnetic thruster powered by lithium metal vapor.

A powerful new electromagnetic thruster has taken a major step forward after a successful high-energy test at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Fueled by lithium vapor and driven by intense magnetic ...

NASA just tested a blazing-hot plasma engine that could help carry humans to Mars.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Boeing Starliner's first crewed mission and its final test flight will last between 45 and 90 days while NASA engineers study ...

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

A prototype ion engine that uses lithium vapor as a propellant has aced its first tests, achieving 25 times more power than ...

Deep space exploration might no longer be confined to sci-fi after scientists began testing a rocket thruster which promises to boldly go further than ever before. Astro engineers from the University ...

Historic power milestone: NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory ran a lithium-fed thruster at 120 kilowatts, surpassing all ...