Pulsed Plasma Thruster Funded By NASA Could Enable One Of The Coolest Space Missions Imagined If we can travel 550 astronomical units, we can reach a ridiculously cool point in space. James Felton ...

The new thruster, a new plasma rocket, can use metal ions to drive spacecraft forward. Called the Super Magdrive, the new thruster uses solar power to charge capacitors to ionize any metal the ...

The Pulsed Plasma Thruster Technology Demonstration is the result of a partnership between NASA’s Goddard Space Flight and Glenn Research Centers, General Dynamics Space Propulsion Systems and ...

Improving the performance of electrodeless plasma thrusters for space propulsion. A Tohoku University researcher has increased the performance of a high-power electrodeless plasma thruster, moving ...

Innovator of in-space propulsion and digital signal processing creates the world’s first electric propulsion device enhanced with nuclear fusionNEW YORK, March 20, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE ...

This is another example of where lowcost rideshares into orbit are enhancing orbital testing of new space technology. The fusion discovery was first made during an SBIR Phase 1 for AFWERX. The company ...

What RocketStar is doing with its version of aneutronic nuclear fusion is using water for the propellant for its M1.5 FireStar Drive, which is a nuclear fusion-enhanced pulsed plasma thruster.

It has been believed that Hall thrusters, an efficient kind of electric propulsion widely used in orbit, must be large to produce a lot of thrust. Now, a new study from the University of Michigan ...

Orbion's plasma thrusters can take over from there and transport Xplore's spacecraft through the 'last 20 million miles' to their destination," said Dr. Brad King, CEO of Orbion Space Technology.