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 ...

Over the past decade, Pulsar Fusion worked to design the rocket in secret. It was publicly unveiled at the Space-Comm Expo on March 11 and has continued to make waves since.

Pulsar Fusion just released a video showcasing its planned Sunbird nuclear fusion rocket, which is designed to reach speeds of about 329,000 mph (500,000 kph). Skip to main content.

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.

UK startup Pulsar Fusion today unveiled “Sunbird,” a nuclear fusion-powered rocket concept that could halve the time it takes to travel across our solar system — and, maybe, beyond it.

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 ...

Nuclear fusion has broad implications, fueling hopes of clean, limitless energy and the long-held dream of future rockets that are driven by nuclear propulsion.

Dr Fatima Ebrahimi has invented a new fusion rocket thruster concept which could power humans to Mars and beyond. The physicist who works for the US Department of Energy's Princeton Plasma Physics ...

A research group at the University of Washington, funded by NASA, is about to build a fusion-powered rocket. This rocket, if it can be successfully built, could propel a manned spacecraft to Mars ...