Pulsar Fusion achieved what it calls a world’s first on March 25, 2026, firing up plasma inside its Sunbird nuclear fusion rocket prototype during a live demonstration at the MARS Conference hosted by ...

BLETCHLEY, United Kingdom, March 10, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Pulsar Fusion, developers of clean space propulsion systems and services through fusion, today announced the unveiling of Sunbird, a ...

Earlier this year, NASA and DARPA announced the goal to field a nuclear fission-powered spacecraft capable of ferrying human crews from Earth to Mars expediently sometime before this decade is out. If ...

LONDON and AUSTIN, Texas, June 16, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Pulsar Fusion, the UK-based fusion propulsion company behind the breakthrough Sunbird platform, today announced a series of major ...

UK aerospace company Pulsar Fusion is assembling a nuclear fusion rocket engine, that harnesses the power of the sun. The 8-meter (26 feet) long fusion chamber is being assembled in Bletchley, UK, and ...

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 ...

Pulsar Fusion's Sunbird aims to develop a compact fusion engine for deep-space missions. UKAEA provides specialized neutron shielding and activation modeling to optimize materials for sustained fusion ...

Pulsar Fusion will make a linear nuclear fusion rocket propulsion system. They will heat hydrogen plasma with microwaves to create fusion propulsion. They will perform laboratory tests next year and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Space propulsion company Pulsar Fusion has started construction on a large nuclear fusion chamber in England, as it races to ...

Pulsar Fusion, a propulsion startup based in England, announced last week it is partnering with the University of Michigan to research electric Hall-effect thruster tech. The UK Space Agency is ...

BLETCHLEY, England - Pulsar Fusion in Bletchley, England, has started construction of what company officials say is the largest practical nuclear fusion rocket engine ever built. The 8-meter fusion ...