Ion engines won’t get you out of Earth’s ... which has been in development since 2008 in various forms by the Ad Astra Rocket Company. The aim is to operate the thruster at a power level ...

Friday's scrub could impact SpaceX's Monday launch of the Astra 1P ... by nine Merlin engines, which use kerosene and liquid ...

Astra Space says it’s made a deal with Tukwila, Wash.-based LeoStella to provide multiple electric propulsion systems for LeoStella’s small satellites, with deliveries due to begin later this ...

The previous launch in late August ended in failure: a couple of minutes after the launch, the rocket's engines turned off and it lost stability. Astra’s carrier rocket is about 12 meters long ...