This new propulsion system could rewrite the rules of spaceflight—not to mention completely defy conventional physics.

How did you get your job? I was offered my position at the BEYA (Black Engineer of the Year Awards) Conference. What was your greatest fear going into your first job and how did you face it or ...

NASA’s Space Launch System rocket will have more than 8 million pounds of thrust, equal to the horsepower produced in 160,000 Corvette engines, and launch 70 metric tons into space. And that’s just ...

An engineer who once worked with NASA says he has built a machine that can push against gravity without burning a drop of fuel, a claim that, if true, would upend how rockets, satellites, and even ...

WASHINGTON — Orion Propulsion Inc., a Huntsville, Ala.-based company founded nearly five years ago by the lead propulsion engineer for the Ansari X Prize-winning SpaceShipOne suborbital space plane, ...

Who are you, what is your job role and what do you do? My name’s Jimara and I’m currently a Graduate Spacecraft Propulsion Engineer at Airbus. Being part of the propulsion team means that I get to ...

Electrek has learned of yet another important hire at electric car startup Faraday Future (FF). The company has been successful in convincing an impressive number of auto executives to join the effort ...

Spacecraft. Satellites. Aircraft. Rockets. Drones. If these machines and the technological processes behind them appeal to you, then consider majoring in aerospace science and engineering. Simply ...

So what happened when an uncrewed Russian spacecraft inadvertently fired its thrusters sending the International Space Station tumbling 1½ times about 227 miles above the Earth? One Durango business, ...

Discovering a machine that could somehow produce thrust without releasing propellant would be a game-changer for human space travel. There’s just one problem—such a device would defy the laws of ...