Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Using a conceptual direct fusion drive, we could reach Saturn and Titan in just two years. Titan's liquid surface oceans and rich hydrocarbons make ...

Direct Drive Centrifugal Fusion has achieved 25 MW for parts of demonstrations in the lab. The ISP is 60 times too high for an optimal Mars mission and the thrust is 60 times too low. They have ...

An international team of researchers have come up with a fusion-based spacecraft thruster that uses a hydrogen isotope called deuterium as a fuel source, as Popular Mechanics reports. Their “direct ...

Scientists completed several successful attempts to fire 28 kilojoules of laser energy at small capsules filled with deuterium and tritium fuel, causing the capsules to implode and produce a plasma ...

Pulsar Fusion (UK) is working on a Direct Fusion Drive (DFD). It is a compact nuclear fusion engine which could provide both thrust and electrical power for spaceships. This technology opens ...

Get ready because the future of traveling to other planets just got a massive upgrade. Pulsar Fusion, a U.K.-based aerospace company, is developing a compact fusion engine called the Dual Direct ...

A U.K.-based space propulsion startup has unveiled an ambitious concept for a nuclear fusion rocket that may dramatically shorten the journey to Mars. In a recent video presentation, Pulsar Fusion ...

Rocket Star Inc. has made a significant leap in space propulsion technology with the introduction of the Firear Fusion Drive. This innovative system, which combines plasma thruster technology with ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." The solar system is a big place, which makes exploring it a time-consuming process. NASA’s upcoming ...

A a view from inside the OMEGA target chamber during a direct-drive inertial fusion experiment at the University of Rochester’s Laboratory for Laser Energetics. Scientists fired 28 kilojoules of laser ...