Russian scientists at Rosatom's Troitsk Institute are developing a plasma propulsion system that could change space travel.

Fusion has long been the propulsion end-goal for interplanetary travel, and a U.K.-based company thinks on its way to ...

Sustained hypersonic propulsion is a complex problem due to the high temperatures and velocities associated with these flows. In high-hypersonic flow regimes, combustion is limited by low residence ...

A powerful new plasma engine has just been unveiled by Chinese ... magnetic plasma thruster”, designed by the Xian Aerospace Propulsion Institute, was able to achieve stable operation at its ...

The engine is a plasma propulsion system, working by ionizing the propellant to create plasma, which is then accelerated by an electromagnetic field to form a high-speed particle stream ...

MOSCOW, July 1. /TASS/. Russian and Belarusian scientists are discussing the prospects of jointly developing a plasma propulsion engine for spacecraft, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin said at ...

Currently, chemical propulsion is utilised to raise satellite orbits. This innovation will lead to significant mass savings ...