Unlike most interplanetary probes, Dawn is not propelled by a chemical rocket engine, but by a solar-electric ion propulsion ... This innovative propulsion concept was first used in 1998 on NASA’s ...

A next-generation thruster developed by NASA may have brought the long awaited advent of interplanetary travel ... spacecraft using the NASA-H71M electric propulsion technology will be able ...

Sunbird represents a significant leap in space propulsion technology, with the potential to dramatically shorten interplanetary ... Vehicle is designed to cut mission times to Mars by half while ...

Interplanetary travel might be about to get ... to Pluto in four years — less than half the time it took NASA’s New Horizons mission, which was powered by regular ion thrusters.

On Episode 152 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik host Dr. Robert O'Brien, Director of the Universities Space ...

electric and chemical propulsion) and missions (for example sun-synchronous orbits, interplanetary missions, stationary orbits at Lagrange points) require an extensive portfolio of tools, which may ...

Electric (plasma) propulsion devices have been used for applications such as station-keeping and orbit transfer, in place of chemical rockets, because they provide a higher specific impulse. Detailed ...

Sunbird represents a significant leap in space propulsion technology, with the potential to dramatically shorten interplanetary travel times and ... Migratory Transfer Vehicle is designed to cut ...