The ESA will construct a simulation to fully model the reaction, and then use the lab results to verify its accuracy. If they like what they see, higher-powered plasma thrusters may have a ...

A new plasma thruster could scale up to compete with traditional jet engines. The plasma is magnified by high-intensity microwaves and pressurized air. Researchers had to invent a way to measure the 1 ...

[1] Computational model of a Hall thruster. Computer Physics Communications (2004). [2] Analysis of dust charge fluctuations with double-ionized ions and plasma oscillations / instabilities in ...

A 5 Hz thruster has already about 0.02 N. So an array of four plasma pulse “detonation” thrusters with the present power level would make it fly. The available maximum weight for the power generator ...

Hall-effect plasma thrusters are a type of ion drive in which a propellant is accelerated by an electric field. The technology has been around since the 1960s, and Hall-effect thrusters were in ...

The thrusters contain a cathode that generates electrons, a compartment that contains plasma, and grids that allow the ions to exit while keeping the electrons inside, Wirz said.

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Snecma and French national scientific research agency CNRS have claimed a European first in successfully testing a 20kW electric plasma thruster for spacecraft.

A researcher from the US Department of Energy's Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory named Fatima Ebrahimi has developed a new type of thruster that could help humans explore space in the future.

A team of researchers has come up with plasma beam that can push space debris out of orbit. Mounted on a satellite, the two-way facing beam is produced by a bespoke ion thruster that uses its ...

A new plasma thruster in development at the Australian National University could take astronauts farther into deep space, and it could be powered by urine.