Create a prototype of an efficient aircraft capable of flying with ion propulsion. This is the aim of the IPROP project, led ...

The plasma generated isn’t very different from the one used in fusion nuclear reactors, which operate at temperatures as high ...

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 ...

But once a craft hits orbit, he says, his new invention makes more sense: The Mini-Helicon Plasma Thruster is designed to be a lighter, cheaper way to move through space. BRILLIANT IDEA ...

Dr. King is an experimentalist interested in studying electric space propulsion systems, including Hall-effect thrusters, ion engines, and arcjets. By utilizing strong electromagnetic forces to ...

Its mission is computational development of materials for space applications. The Ion Space Propulsion Lab (ISP Lab) involves next-generation plasma thrusters for spacecraft. The Multiplanetary ...

to understand the turbulence that limits the performance of their plasma thrusters. Navarro got in contact with plasma expert Carlos Hidalgo at CIEMAT, the Spanish member of EUROfusion. With support ...

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 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 ...