Hall thrusters utilise electric propulsion through the ionisation and acceleration of plasma under crossed electric and magnetic fields, offering efficient and reliable performance for spacecraft ...

The Ion Space Propulsion Lab at Michigan Tech is a collection of research, development, and educational laboratories dedicated to advancing spacecraft technology. Doctoral research students build and ...

Sedna will reach its closest approach to the Sun in 2076, providing a remarkable space-faring opportunity that won’t come ...

A 2-D radial-axial (r-z) hybrid fluid/particle-in-cell (PIC) model has been developed to model energetic particle-induced channel-wall erosion in coaxial Hall discharge plasma thrusters. The discharge ...

If we’re going to leave our solar system within a human lifetime, fusion propulsion is the technology to make it happen.” With these words from Pulsar Fusion’s CEO Richard Dinan, the race to Sedna a ...

The electric propulsion system has been widely used in geostationary satellites for the special advantages. The localized plasma flow generated by the ion thrusters has to be evaluated, which could ...

Space is a very big place, and as such, it's full of mysteries that scientists can't explain. Some of this is simply because it's impossible to fully observe, thanks to its sheer size and the ...

The plasma thruster, developed by Oxfordshire start-up Magdrive, heats tiny bits of solid metal into a hot gas to produce powerful bursts of thrust.

Four-year-old small satellite maker Muon Space announced $89.5 million in new funding June 12 to scale production and acquire propulsion startup Starlight Engines, bringing a potential supply ...

With that in mind, “I pushed a lot for variable cycle,” he says. “We need to provide something which is truly state of the art; it should not just be a better M88 [from the Rafale] or an ...

Hypergravity Thrusters Items required for this objective: Knot specialist, pencil, knot diagram Climb the ladder up to Meriloft. Here, you'll see F'ther and his brother Harm'ny Lightbeard.