Space technology provider Voyager Space has been selected by Lockheed Martin to develop a propulsion subsystem for the US ...

The PQM is a “battleship” version of the European Service Module (ESM) propulsion subsystem built by ESM prime contractor Airbus Defence and Space. The test article was delivered by Airbus to ...

The Space Systems research group is involved in aerospace engineering, ion space propulsion, planetary exploration, control systems, and ultra-strong composites. The Michigan Tech Aerospace ...

Electric propulsion is being increasingly used on space missions and could ultimately replace thrusters using chemical rockets. Spacecraft powered by electric propulsion could soon be better ...

This innovative propulsion concept was first used in 1998 on NASA’s Deep Space 1 mission to Comet Borrelly. In 2004 the Europeans successfully tested their own ion propulsion system on the Smart 1 ...

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

Airbus Defence and Space is in the home stretch of work to ship the first European Service Module (ESM) to its Florida launch site for integration with the rest of the hardware for NASA’s Orion ...

As it turns out though, lasers could hold the key to cutting down travel times in space! 45 Days To Mars on the Laser Laser thermal propulsion is a relatively simple concept, and could get our ...

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory said ... which is called the Flight Data Subsystem (FDS). The FDS packages the data ...

The $34.9 million award will launch the Space Power and Propulsion for Agility, Responsiveness and Resilience Institute — also known as SPAR. The goal: developing new high-efficiency power and ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The idea behind electric propulsion is that an electric current ionizes (i.e. removes an ...