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 ...

Plasma flashed inside the exhaust system, held in place by electric and magnetic fields. This scene marked a small but closely watched step in Pulsar Fusion's bid to build a fusion-powered space tug.

Over the past decade, a U.K.-based nuclear propulsion startup has been working behind the scenes to develop a fusion rocket that could cut flight time to Mars in half. This week, it unveiled the ...

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 ...

Have you ever heard of Pulsar Fusion? Probably not. But if its founder, Richard Dinan, has his way, you will. His goal is no less audacious than this: To be the first company in the world to achieve ...

A team of British scientists has achieved the first ever plasma ignition inside a nuclear fusion rocket, marking a major milestone towards a new era of interstellar space travel. Bletchley-based ...

The Sunbird nuclear fusion rocket exhaust has achieved the “first plasma” milestone using inert krypton as the fuel. Credit: Pulsar Fusion Pulsar Fusion Tests Nuclear Rocket Exhaust UK space ...

AUSTIN, Texas — A UK-based fusion rocket propulsion company announced it's opening a new office in the U.S. in Austin. A spokesperson for Pulsar Fusion said the move puts the company in “the heart of ...

We don’t need any advanced propulsion to get to Mars,” says Robert Zubrin, founder of the Mars Society and the astronautical engineering company Pioneer Astronautics. “We can do it with chemical ...