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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

BLETCHLEY, United Kingdom, Feb. 24, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Pulsar Fusion, the British space propulsion company developing advanced propulsion systems for the next era of deep-space exploration, ...

UK-based Pulsar Fusion announced it has successfully achieved first plasma in its Sunbird nuclear fusion rocket exhaust system. The demonstration, a world’s first for a rocket of this type, was ...

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 ...

Pulsar Fusion, the UK-based fusion propulsion company behind the breakthrough Sunbird platform, is opening a new U.S. office in Austin, Texas. This strategic move supports Pulsar’s increasing ...

UK space propulsion company Pulsar Fusion has conducted the first test of a prototype exhaust system for a nuclear fusion rocket engine that could dramatically cut transit times for missions to Mars ...

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