When [Jay Bowles] demoed his first-generation ion thruster on Plasma Channel ... but swaps out the open-frame design and acrylic construction for a rigid 3D printed structure designed to more ...

This breakdown and build of a simple plasma thruster should help you on your way. All you really need is some Argon, a large capacitor bank, and a custom nozzle. You’ve already got most of that ...

The technology is named Super Magdrive. Dr. Kim, who created a plasma thruster design for the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched last year, said he hopes the tech can be used for future deep-space ...

TASS/. Development tests of the SPD-230 high-power stationary plasma thruster have been completed, Director of the Fakel design bureau Gennady Abramenkov told TASS. "We have completed development ...

A research team led by the University of Bologna is closing on building a space propulsion system that will use water as fuel. “With this project, we want to take a decisive step towards the ...

The Ion Space Propulsion Lab (ISP Lab) involves next-generation plasma thrusters for spacecraft. The Multiplanetary INnovation Enterprise (MINE) seeks to design, test, and implement robotic ...

China’s “high-thrust magnetic plasma thruster”, designed by the Xian Aerospace Propulsion Institute, was able to achieve stable operation at its full power of 100 kilowatts. “The ...