And what can say we’ve arrived in the future more than off-the-shelf plasma thrusters for the DIY microsatellite market? Although [Michael Bretti] does tell us that he plans to sell these ...

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

Such thrusters can also used for maneuvering ... like other plasma rockets (e.g., How Industries’ Pulsed Plasma Rocket). No data about the Super Magdrive has yet been released, but a team ...

The FireStar Drive harnesses the power of nuclear fusion to improve the performance of RocketStar’s “water-fueled pulsed plasma thruster.” A spacecraft’s thrusters perform various ...

Hall thrusters, a key space technology for missions like SpaceX's Starlink constellation and NASA's Psyche asteroid mission, are high-efficiency electric propulsion devices using plasma technology*.

The study, led by Chen Cui from the University of Virginia, has shed light on the complex behavior of electrons within the plasma beams generated by EP thrusters. “In order to ensure the technology ...

He graduated from the University of Washington in 2015 where his research focused on integrating an alternative propellant Pulsed Plasma Thruster into the High-Power Helicon Thruster Experiment. Ian ...

Pulsed laser deposition (PLD) involves a laser ablation procedure, where a laser pulse interacts with a material surface to induce the formation of a plasma plume that expands away from the surface.