Scientists at Rosatom have unveiled a plasma electric rocket engine that is claimed to be capable of propelling spacecraft to ...

Russia's State Atomic Energy Corporation, Rosatom, recently developed a new spacecraft engine with impressive specifications.

The development of the engine is expected to make interplanetary trips much faster and expand humanity's access to worlds ...

The new approach called the Water-based Electric Thrusters (WET) aims to develop a method of converting water into plasma, a ...

Scientists are developing water-fueled spacecraft technology, aiming for a cleaner, and cost-effective propulsion system.

A laboratory prototype of a plasma electric rocket engine based on a magnetic plasma accelerator has been produced by Rosatom ...

A Hall thruster is a high-efficiency propulsion device using plasma that is used for various difficult space missions, such ...

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

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

"Electric propulsion works by ionizing a neutral gas, usually xenon, and then using electric fields to accelerate the resulting ions. The ions, now forming a high-speed plasma beam, push the ...

A low-power Hall-effect thruster of 150 W used to position ultra-small and small satellites is seen being operated. A device ...

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