Electric propulsion is a more efficient alternative ... starting off with prototypes on NASA's Deep Space 1 and the European Space Agency's SMART-1 in 1998 and 2003, respectively, and subsequently ...

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

The $34.9 million award will launch the Space Power and Propulsion for Agility, Responsiveness and Resilience Institute — ...

"The lightsail will travel faster than any previous spacecraft, with potential to ... radiation pressure from a light source to generate propulsion. Radiation pressure is the transfer of momentum ...

ThrustMe, a satellite propulsion company based in France, is making a strategic push into the U.S. space market, securing a ...

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL ... term," JPL Director Laurie Leshin wrote in an X post on Jan. 10. Breaking space news, the latest updates on rocket launches, skywatching events and ...

Once in space, robots would connect the nuclear electric propulsion system's radiator panels, through which a liquid metal coolant, such as a sodium-potassium alloy, would flow. While this is ...

This leads to direct and indirect space savings.Today the big challenge is the podpropulsion. Pod-propulsion is an industry standard today in passenger cruise ships and has been applied also for ...

The DARPA-NASA nuclear thermal propulsion project is extending its time frame for an on-orbit demonstration. Credit: Lockheed Martin A vision to accelerate U.S. access to cislunar space and the ...

China has plans to launch a flying robot to carry out the most detailed survey of the Moon 's south pole. Also called the ...