Let’s take a look at how ion thrusters work, and some of their interesting applications in the world of spacecraft! Chemical rocket engines provide huge thrust but are thirsty when it comes to fuel.
The journey of Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore involved at different stages the Starliner, the Falcon 9 and the Dragon. A ...
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Scientists begin testing space thruster that could boldly go where no one has gone beforeDeep space exploration might no longer be confined to sci-fi after scientists began testing a rocket thruster which promises to boldly go further than ever before. Astro engineers from the ...
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NASA stacks moon-bound Artemis 2 rocket: Space photo of the dayThe Space Launch System (SLS) core stage and rocket boosters have now been stood up and mated in preparation for NASA's ...
An curved arrow pointing right. NASA has released video of their new rocket thruster for its space launch system. The footage, from a test back in June, shows the thruster through a special camera ...
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New rocket thrusters that can use metals harvested from asteroidsA new rocket thruster could lead to ‘never-ending’ deep-space exploration by converting metals to fuel. Scientists at the University of Southampton are trialling a propulsion system which uses ...
The slow race of getting NASA’s Space Launch System rocket pieced together for next year’s Artemis II moon mission jumped a ...
Is there a launch today? Upcoming SpaceX, NASA rocket launch schedule at Cape Canaveral While NASA and SpaceX said were doing final testing on the thrusters, SpaceX has had some Falcon 9 issues ...
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