SAN FRANCISCO – Southern California startup Viridian Space Corp. is developing an electric propulsion system for spacecraft in very low Earth orbit that scoops up air for plasma thrusters. The ...
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The plasma can then be shot out in gas form as a stream of bullets to produce thrust. Currently companies working in space ...
along with certain electric (Plasma/Ion) thrusters and their associated power control systems, control moment gyroscopes (CMG) "specially designed" for certain spacecraft, and certain hold-down or ...
Spacecraft could soon be powered by space junk collected in orbit with a new engine that runs on scrap metal. British tech start-up Magdrive is developing a groundbreaking propulsion system which ...
The vessel's return to Earth had already been delayed because of issues with some of its thrusters and leaks of the helium gas which pushes fuel into the propulsion system. Nasa is carrying out a ...
This work has been carried out within the framework of the EUROfusion Consortium, funded by the European Union via the Euratom Research and Training Programme (Grant Agreement No 101052200 — ...