A Hall-effect thruster is a type of ion thruster that accelerates propellant using an electric field. The technology is already widely used in satellites in low Earth orbit. NASA’s H71M sub ...

An SPT-140 Hall Effect thruster under testing. Four of these thrusters will be installed on NASA’s Psyche spacecraft. Credit: NASA, public domain Gridded ion thrusters have seen plenty of use ...

The AI-based cube satellite (cubesat) Hall-effect thruster will be installed on the cubesat K-Hero during the fourth launch of Nuri, a domestic space launch vehicle, in November this year. Hall-effect ...

A UK startup has unveiled a new fusion-powered space rocket concept called Sunbird for interplanetary travel to Mars — and ...

Dr. King is an experimentalist interested in studying electric space propulsion systems, including Hall-effect thrusters, ion engines, and arcjets. By utilizing strong electromagnetic forces to ...