Alas, the miracle could not last. The solar storms were heating Earth's upper atmosphere, causing it to inflate and increase ...

Eco-friendly alternatives to fossil fuels are venturing beyond Earth—and into space.

Shoe box-sized CubeSats are becoming increasingly important in space exploration and collecting scientific data.

A Hall thruster is a high-efficiency propulsion device using plasma that is used for various difficult space missions, such ...

A research team presents an AI assessor for Hall-effect ion thrusters, the engines of satellites and space probes.

They examined using a standard 12-unit CubeSat to accomplish four distinct missions. "We showed for the first time the ...

propulsion. He is currently working on a range of open-source plasma thrusters for PocketQube satellites, a format that’s an eighth the size of the popular CubeSat format. His solid-fuel ...

Space robotics startup Gitai says it has successfully completed the demonstration of its in-house developed 16U cubesat, called SC1, which is a forerunner to the company developing small satellites ...

This CubeSat mission includes a plasma brake, which utilizes similar principles to the E-sail for deorbiting satellites, showcasing the versatility of these propulsion technologies in various ...

Micro-cathode arc thrusters (μCATs) and vacuum arc propulsion systems are emerging technologies in the field of electric propulsion, particularly for small satellites like CubeSats. These systems ...

Each 3U CubeSat will be equipped with a low-rate UHF radio, a high-rate X-Band data downlink, and a scalable cold-gas propulsion system to demonstrate the key technologies of on-board autonomy, ...

A research team from KAIST Nuclear and Quantum Engineering presents an AI assesser for Hall-effect ion thrusters, the engines ...