Russian scientists at Rosatom's Troitsk Institute are developing a plasma propulsion system that could change space travel.

While Nasa’s budgetary struggle continues, the red planet may be a step closer for China after it unveiled a powerful new ...

Fusion has long been the propulsion end-goal for interplanetary travel, and a U.K.-based company thinks on its way to ...

The research team is working on new materials and cooling systems to counteract these effects and make the engine long-lasting under prolonged use. A cleaner, greener future powered by plasma ...

Sustained hypersonic propulsion is a complex problem due to the high temperatures and velocities associated with these flows. In high-hypersonic flow regimes, combustion is limited by low residence ...

Weight is a critical issue, as heavy batteries could negate the benefits of this zero-emission propulsion system. Another hurdle is thermal management. Plasma engines generate extreme heat ...

The engine is a plasma propulsion system, working by ionizing the propellant to create plasma, which is then accelerated by an electromagnetic field to form a high-speed particle stream ...

When [Jay Bowles] demoed his first-generation ion thruster on Plasma Channel ... more like a miniature jet engine than anything that had come before it. Optimizations would need to be made ...

MOSCOW, July 1. /TASS/. Russian and Belarusian scientists are discussing the prospects of jointly developing a plasma propulsion engine for spacecraft, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin said at ...

A powerful new plasma engine has just been unveiled by Chinese ... magnetic plasma thruster”, designed by the Xian Aerospace Propulsion Institute, was able to achieve stable operation at its ...