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 ...

Gridded electrostatic ion thrusters are one of the more popular designs, where the propellant gas is bombarded with electrons to form an ionized plasma. A set of gridded electrodes are then ...

Inspired by NASA aerospace engineering, this project features a plasma thruster, designed to maximize efficiency and increase ...

thus creating a quasi-neutral plasma which is extracted through an orificed endplate. Hollow cathodes are used as part of both Hall effect and gridded ion thrusters, which are some of the most common ...

A Hall thruster is a high-efficiency propulsion device using plasma that is used for various ... predict the thrust performance of Hall Effect ion thrusters (i.e., Hall thrusters), which are ...

Electrospray (ES) thrusters generate low thrust via the electrostatic extraction of charged species from an electrified liquid. These systems are characterized by the propellant used and emission mode ...

Magdrive also plans to build a U.K. manufacturing facility and conduct on-orbit tests of high-power electric plasma thrusters. A Magdrive Rogue thruster is scheduled to launch on D-Orbit’s ION ...