NASA, Artemis and Space Launch System
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The Artemis II mission around the moon will be a brilliant last hurrah for several space shuttle engines and booster rocket parts that first flew as far back as 1982.
The company's novel rocket engine could be a game changer for the U.S. military.
The Space Launch System rocket's RS-25 engine was fired up for the “final round of certification testing ahead of production of an updated set of the engines," according to NASA. The test occurred at the space agency’s Stennis Space Center.
Former SpaceX engineer Jeff Thornburg has raised 50 million dollars for his startup Portal Space Systems, aiming to revive NASA's solar thermal propulsion concept and develop faster, more efficient engines for the next generation of spacecraft.
UK space propulsion company Pulsar Fusion has conducted the first test of a prototype exhaust system for a nuclear fusion rocket engine that could dramatically cut transit times for missions to Mars and beyond.