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

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 ...

A Hall thruster is a high-efficiency propulsion device using plasma that is used for various difficult space missions, such as SpaceX's constellation satellites, Starlink and NASA's asteroid probe, ...

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

AI-driven Hall thruster technology from KAIST will be demonstrated on the K-HERO CubeSat, advancing high-efficiency electric ...

Suffice to say, this isn't good for the probe. "For missions that could last years, [electric propulsion] thrusters must operate smoothly and consistently over long periods of time," Chen Cui of ...

Hall thrusters, a key space technology for missions like SpaceX's Starlink constellation and NASA's Psyche asteroid mission, are high-efficiency electric propulsion devices using plasma technology*.