NASA/MSFC plans to issue a Request for Offer (RFO) for follow-on effort to provide engineering and technical support for continuing the technology development of a fiber optic coupled laser ignition ...

The European Space Agency (ESA) has awarded the Carinthian research centre CTR in cooperation with the German-French company Airbus Safran Launchers GmbH the contract to further develop CTR’s HiPoLas® ...

The European Space Agency has awarded Austria’s Carinthian research center CTR in cooperation with the German-French company Airbus Safran Launchers a €700,000 contract to further develop CTR's ...

Scientists at the National Ignition Facility at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory have successfully delivered an historic level of laser energy -- more than 1 megajoule -- to a target in a few ...

MOSCOW, June 22. /TASS/. Russia has tested a laser ignition system for the oxygen-hydrogen rocket engine for the first time. This work brings Russia closer to developing a reliable engine for reusable ...

Despite all the attention given to electric vehicles, the venerable gasoline-based internal-combustion engine (ICE) is still very much with us, and it appears it will be for a long time. The air-fuel ...

The US National Ignition Facility’s historic demonstration of ignition is stimulating renewed optimism for laser fusion, including from private investors, as Edwin Cartlidge reports Big gains The ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. On January 27, 1996, France conducted Xouthos, its 210th and final ...