NASA’s push for a new nuclear rocket engine is not just another upgrade to the hardware we strap to the bottom of spacecraft.

Helicon plasma propulsion represents a promising and multifaceted approach in the domain of electric space propulsion. At its core, the technology utilises helicon waves to generate high-density ...

Microwave plasma dynamics encompasses the study of ionised gases generated by high frequency electromagnetic fields and their complex interactions with the surrounding medium. At the heart of this ...

Space has a trash problem, with defunct satellites, rockets, and smaller broken bits orbiting the Earth at high speeds. The amount of space junk is only increasing, raising the risk of collision with ...

PLASMA ENGINE FACILITY: Safran has inaugurated a new plasma engine facility at its space propulsion plant in Vernon, north of Paris. The facility, partly financed with a 1 million euro ($1.3 million) ...

Space exploration has long been a dream of humanity, but a new development out of Russia could change the future of interplanetary travel forever. Scientists are developing a groundbreaking plasma ...

Ad Astra Rocket Company reports two important advances with its VX-200 high power VASIMR(R) engine prototype: 1) a significant increase in its high power performance over previous test data obtained ...

Ad Astra Rocket Company (Ad Astra) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) have signed two separate contracts to continue the maturation of the VASIMR® rocket technology. The ...

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (Reuters) - Scientists in Costa Rica have run a plasma rocket engine continuously for a record of more than four hours, the latest achievement in a mission to cut costs and travel ...

Just like litter is a big problem on Earth, space junk is cluttering up outer space. To dispose of this junk, a researcher demonstrated the utility of a special plasma thruster. (Nanowerk News) Space ...