Theoretically, Sunbird's tremendous speeds could cut mission times to Mars in half, from seven to eight months to about four.

British startup Pulsar Fusion has unveiled Sunbird, a space rocket concept designed to meet spacecraft in orbit, attach to them, and carry them to their destination at breakneck speed using nuclear ...

A nuclear fusion rocket could be the key to unlocking speedy flights in space exploration, and one company hopes to test it as early as 2027.

The British company is designing a rocket capable of traveling at speeds of 500,000 kilometers per hour, thus halving the time it takes to travel to Mars and all its missions, as it would go from ...

A British startup called Pulsar Fusion has come up with a wild new concept for a nuclear fusion-powered space rocket that, it claims, could significantly cut down the time it takes to travel to Mars ...

Trump aims to send a crew to Mars by the end of his term, which Musk calls 'doable.' Astronauts question the time frame but ...

A British company says they developed a secret nuclear rocket that could cut in half the mission times to Mars. The Bletchley-based firm says they are planning in-orbit testing, with components of ...

Berlin | A rocket built by German startup Isar Aerospace flew for half a minute before the flight was terminated in its first attempt to reach orbit on Sunday, part of an endeavour to make Europe ...

If the rocket ... ship,” he says. “You turn off your inefficient combustion engines, and use nuclear fusion for the greater part of your journey. Ideally, you’d have a station somewhere near ...

A German start-up’s orbital rocket spun out and crashed seconds after take-off Sunday, in a rare European test flight that the makers said “met its set goals.” The flight, from a spaceport ...