This new propulsion system could rewrite the rules of spaceflight—not to mention completely defy conventional physics.

Thrust of Advanced Materials and Guangzhou Municipal Key Laboratory of Materials Informatics, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou), Guangzhou 511453, China Department of ...

Shall I get out and push? The Tie series of starfighters get their name, at least in part, from their propulsion system – Twin Ion Engines. As an aside, the trademark roaring sounds were created ...

Guy is a Senior Editor for Aviation Week, covering technology and propulsion. He is based in Colorado Springs. Robinson Unveils New Large R88 Rotorcraft is available to both Aviation Week & Space ...

The Dragon spacecraft for Crew-10 was swapped due to battery problems, and the replacement spacecraft also had thruster issues that needed to be addressed. SpaceX is reviewing data from the recent ...

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Technicians with ESA (European Space Agency) and Airbus installed the four solar array wings on NASA's Orion spacecraft for Artemis II on March 3. The solar array wings, attached to the service ...

Blended-wing-body (BWB) aircraft developer JetZero has secured a propulsion systems agreement with RTX covering its demonstrator's primary engines, auxiliary power system (APU) and nacelles.

In this method, the coefficient measurement and force generation of electrostatic cylinder are both carried out on the thrust stand, thus eliminating the deviation caused by electrode posture changes.

volume = {8}, number = {86}, pages = {4672}, author = {Thomas Marks and Paul Schedler and Benjamin Jorns}, title = {HallThruster.jl: a Julia package for 1D Hall thruster discharge simulation}, journal ...

Notably, Moonwatt’s system is being built around sodium-ion cells for the batteries that will store the solar energy. The technology offers an enticing alternative to lithium-ion since ...

Understanding ion transport dynamics in reactive vesicles is pivotal ... to lead to catalytic enhancements by increasing the substrate’s affinity via electrostatic forces, lowering local pH, and ...