Inside a long vacuum chamber in Southern California, a spacecraft engine glowed white-hot as it pushed toward a level of ...

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory has successfully tested a lithium-fed magnetoplasmadynamic thruster at a record 120 kilowatts, over 25 times more powerful than current electric spacecraft engines.

Earlier this year, NASA fired up a "next generation" prototype electric thruster, cranking it up to record power levels.

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory recently reached a significant achievement in space travel technology. They successfully ...

Boeing's CST-100 Starliner spacecraft docked to the International Space Station during the Crew Flight Test mission. Credit: NASA WASHINGTON — NASA and Boeing have again extended the stay of the ...