Eco-friendly alternatives to fossil fuels are venturing beyond Earth—and into space.

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.

A research team presents an AI assessor for Hall-effect ion thrusters, the engines of satellites and space probes.

The task of an high-altitude simulation test facility is ... on the structures is analyzed and the vacuum thrust is measured. The steam required to operate the vacuum system is provided by a total of ...

"The payloads will experience at least two minutes of lunar gravity forces, a first for New Shepard and made possible in part through support from NASA." ...

A research team from KAIST Nuclear and Quantum Engineering presents an AI assesser for Hall-effect ion thrusters, the engines ...