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

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, ...

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 ...

Isro chief in an interview with TOI revealed that the first privately manufactured PSLV will carry a technology demonstration ...

California-based Jetcruzer has resurrected the former AASI Jetcruzer and began test flights with the first remanufactured ...

Kongsberg Maritime has secured a contract to supply an integrated package of equipment for Bibby Marine’s new electric ...

US aerospace firm Jetcruzer International has become the first buyer of a standalone 600kW electric propulsion system ...

India’s first privately manufactured Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV), being built by a consortium of HAL and L&T, will ...

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

Jetcruzer has selected ZeroAvia’s 600kW electric propulsion system to power its development aircraft as it targets ...

Technology Demonstration Satellite-1 (TDS-1) will cover the entire Earth every 12 days, providing crucial data for multiple ...

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 ...