When [Jay Bowles] demoed his first-generation ion thruster on Plasma Channel, the resulting video picked up millions of views and got hobbyists and professionals alike talking. While ionic lifters ...

Ion thrusters are the most common primary engine powering satellites through orbital maneuvers today. But to travel from ...

Credit: Rubicon Space Systems SAN FRANCISCO – Rubicon Space Systems won a NASA contract to develop a 110-newton ASCENT thruster prototype. “It’s bigger than any ASCENT thruster we’ve sold ...

Energetiq's patented Electrodeless Z-Pinch technology inductively couples the current to the discharge plasma, making the plasma extremely stable and controllable. The plasma is confined away from ...