A new steam-based system that has applications in both pumping and marine propulsion is moving towards commercialisation. Described as a new kind of underwater jet engine, PDX Technology is cheap to ...

Howe Industries has submitted a design for a solar-powered steam rocket engine for propelling CubeSats to the National Science Foundation (NSF). With only two moving parts, the ThermaSat engine uses a ...

The U.S. Navy’s shift from sail to steam wasn’t a breakthrough overnight, fuel shortages and logistics quietly reshaped ...

In this artist's concept, a SPARROW robot uses steam propulsion to hop away from its lander home base to explore an icy moon's surface. NASA/JPL-Caltech NASA’s plans to explore the ice moons of the ...

IN the eighth Thomas Lowe Gray Lecture entitled “The Future of Steam Propulsion” and read before the Institution of Mechanical Engineers on January 10, Mr. John Johnson, chief engineer of steamship ...