Space is getting crowded — humans have now placed over 20,000 satellites into orbit since the start of the space age, and ...

“What you get is this highly energetic copper plasma leaving the back of the thruster,” Stokes continues ... It allows for a simple design that is particularly suited for mass production ...

If we achieve advanced nuclear, antimatter propulsion or other advance propulsion it would be possible to achieve near ...

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 ...

QUADCOIL is a groundbreaking computer code that simplifies the design of stellarator magnets, ensuring plasma shapes remain ...

NASA’s Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, whose weeklong Boeing Starliner mission turned into an extended stay in space, have ...

NASA astronaut Sunita Williams’ return to earth at the conclusion of the scientific mission to the space station was more ...