Along with that, he used a capacitor multiplier circuit and diodes to boost the voltage. His dedication to building this ion thruster is truly impressive, but like previous versions, it still produces ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Pratt & Whitney and MTU commit to an advanced GTF architecture for a next-generation engine, but it will be without the complex WET cycle. Credit: Pratt & Whitney As the aerospace industry ...

In ionic bonds, electrons move from one atom to another and the resulting electrostatic field holds the atoms together to form molecules. It is not difficult to temporarily manipulate some of the ...

A Magdrive Rogue thruster is scheduled to launch on D-Orbit’s ION Satellite Carrier, sent aloft in June. “We want to make sure that flight goes off without a hitch,” Magdrive CEO Mark Stokes ...

Also, the journey time would depend on the propulsion, means which method is being used to power the engines. However, another technology called the photon propulsion system could cut travel time to ...

On the face of things, not much, but after seeing [Zachary Tong]’s latest video on liquid metal ion thrusters, we see that they seem to have a lot more in common than we’d initially thought.

The ESA-JAXA BepiColombo probe is on its way to Mercury riding on four ion thrusters developed by a company called QinetiQ. But unlike the ion drive featured in the infamous “Spock’s Brain ...