Fusion has long been the propulsion end-goal for interplanetary travel, and a U.K.-based company thinks on its way to achieving that dream.

U.K. start-up Pulsar Fusion has unveiled plans to build a fleet of reusable nuclear fusion-powered rockets, known as Sunbirds ...

The Sunbird concept is for the fusion-powered ‘tugs’ to be permanently based in space, able to dock with spacecraft and ...

The Sunbird nuclear fusion rocket concept has the potential to more than halve the time to travel to Mars and cut travel time ...

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UK startup Pulsar Fusion today unveiled “Sunbird,” a ... a Hall-effect electric thruster for spacecraft and a second-stage hybrid rocket engine. “Pulsar has built a reputation in this ...

Their 8-meter fusion chamber, set to ignite in 2027, aims to generate temperatures hotter than the sun's core, propelling the rocket's exhaust at speeds exceeding 500,000 miles per hour.

Now Pulsar Fusion, a UK-based start-up, has demonstrated two designs of prototype rocket engine and is rapidly advancing toward in-orbit testing, with components of the system’s power supply set ...

Among the investors was André-Hubert Roussel, former CEO of ArianeGroup, who oversaw the development of Europe’s only ...

a nuclear fusion rocket concept developed in complete secrecy over the past decade. Sunbird represents a significant leap in space propulsion technology, with the potential to dramatically shorten ...