WASP-121 b is an ultra-hot gas giant where supersonic winds reshape its atmosphere, and molten iron rains from the sky. Its ...

Private space company Stoke announces a new design for a rocket engine that could make the Nova launcher's second stage ...

Sierra Space, a leading commercial space company and defense tech prime that is Building a Platform in Space to Benefit Life on Earth®, announced today the successful completion of the test campaign ...

The idea behind electric propulsion is that an electric current ionizes (i.e. removes an electron from) atoms of a neutral gas, such as ... [electric propulsion] thrusters must operate smoothly ...

As such, scientists are looking into other methods of propulsion, from pulsed plasma thrusters to solar sails ... high temperatures and the hot hydrogen gas environment that an NTP reactor ...

Mission scenarios included monitoring and defending underwater infrastructure such as gas pipelines and communication ... which offers 62.5 kWh energy capacity, with hot-swappable batteries ...

Arkadia Space will supply 250-newton thrusters designed for the Reaction Control System of the MaiaSpace launcher. “This contract highlights the trust that a company like MaiaSpace places in ...

Kokoro Hosogi, a physics student at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), has achieved a rare honor for an ...

Electric propulsion is being increasingly used on space missions and could ultimately replace thrusters using chemical ... atoms of a neutral gas, such as xenon or krypton, stored on board a ...

The CMPS incorporates 12 thrusters, each capable of generating 100N of force, alongside a pressurisation system equipped with high-pressure gas bottles and a propellant feed system with associated ...

Subsea Global Solutions has executed a complex in-water thruster installation and rudder bushing replacement, eliminating the ...