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Powerful new thrusters for NASA's moon-orbiting Gateway space station get a test (photo)

NASA and Aerojet Rocketdyne are taking a big step in testing a new ion propulsion engine that will help power lunar exploration. The Advanced Electric Propulsion System (AEPS) has been undergoing ...
Marine Log

Q&A with ZF Marine: Inside ZF’s evolving approach to inland propulsion

ZF has been part of that evolution for more than a decade. As one of the first companies to introduce commercial thrusters into the inland market, the company has continued refining its AT thruster ...
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Lunar Lander Propulsion System Market Analysis and Forecast Report 2025-2040 | Advancements in Material Science for Next-Generation Lunar Lander Thruster Pumps

Dublin, Sept. 29, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "Lunar Lander Propulsion System Market - A Global and Regional Analysis: Focus on Subsystem and Country Analysis - Analysis and Forecast, 2025-2040" ...
SpaceNews

Poland-based Liftero will provide chemical propulsion for Indian firm OrbitAID’s in-orbit servicing mission

Polish chemical propulsion startup Liftero has signed a deal with India’s OrbitAID where Liftero will supply green chemical propulsion for OrbitAID’s in-orbit servicing spacecraft. Under the contract, ...
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47-year-old Voyager 1 spacecraft just fired up thrusters it hasn’t used in decades

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A clogged thruster could have ended Voyager 1’s interstellar mission. Engineers just saved it

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Desert Works Propulsion Successfully Tests Prototype Cathodes for Turion Space TIE-20 Thruster

New Mexico, June 17, 2025 — Desert Works Propulsion (DWP) has successfully completed initial testing of multiple prototype discharge and neutralizer cathodes developed for Turion Space Corp.’s TIE-20 ...
NextBigFuture

Plasmoid Thruster Space Propulsion Designs

Plasmoid thrusters have had successful proof of principle experiments done in the lab at Princeton University. The systems should be compact and simple and based upon magnetism present in solar flares ...
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HTS Propulsion Thrusters Project Gets $3.1M Boost

American Superconductor Corporation received a third contract valued at $3.1 million from the U.S. Navy's Office of Naval Research (ONR) to continue the design and development of high temperature ...
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Omnithruster Chosen For 16,000-dwt Chemical Tanker

Omnithruster, Inc. won a contract by United Tankers AB of Gothenburg, Sweden to install its Gamma III 950WP Jet Thruster system with "take-home" auxiliary propulsion on a SK 50/54, 16,000-dwt chemical ...
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Advanced Electric Propulsion Thruster for NASA’s Gateway Achieves Full Power Demonstration

PASADENA, Calif., Nov. 08, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Aerojet Rocketdyne and NASA recently demonstrated an Advanced Electric Propulsion System (AEPS) thruster at full power for the first time, achieving ...
NextBigFuture

Mach Effect Propulsion at 60 millinewtons per kilowatt Would Match Hall ion thruster

Refinement of the Mach Effect Propulsion using brass separation from the reaction mass has improved the thrust by about 65 times up to 60 millinewtons per kilowatt. This would be competitive with the ...