Electric propulsion is being increasingly used on space missions and could ultimately ... is often provided by solar arrays, and hence the technology is sometimes referred to as solar electric ...

"Chemical rockets that we use today, even with the extra speed boost from flying by planets, or from swinging by the sun for a boost, just don't have the ability to scale to useful interstellar speeds ...

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

COLORADO SPRINGS and LOS ANGELES—Long-term U.S. goals to develop technology for in-space nuclear propulsion have taken a step forward with the successful completion of initial high-impact reacto ...

During lectures and seminars, experts from DLR, Airbus Defence and Space, the European Space Agency (ESA), and other institutions report on current projects, methods and developments in the field of ...