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Russian scientists test plasma engine that could cut Mars travel to about 30 days

Russia is testing a plasma engine prototype designed to slash Mars travel time to just 60 days. Developed by Rosatom’s ...
Indian Defence Review

Russian Scientists Build Plasma Engine That Could Reach Mars in 30 Days, Leaving Spacex’s Starship Looking Obsolete

Russia is quietly testing a new space engine that could change everything about how we reach Mars. Early results suggest a ...
Interesting Engineering

How nuclear propulsion shaped early interstellar vehicle design

The Milky Way galaxy is a massive place, teeming with stars and planets. According to recent estimates, there are roughly 200 billion stars spanning about 100,000 light-years. And with the recent ...
IEEE

Formation of Lobe Structures in Rotating Pulsed Plasma Under a Spatial Inhomogeneous Longitudinal Magnetic Field

Abstract: This work reports on the formation of unique structures of rotating plasma with a low-intense core in the presence of magnetic fields. Apart from the formation of rotating lobe structures of ...
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Pioneering a Hydrogen Revolution: An Interview with Franklin Chang Díaz

Franklin Chang Díaz is a Costa Rican physicist, former NASA astronaut, and founder of Ad Astra Rocket Company. A pioneer in plasma propulsion and green hydrogen innovation, he has dedicated his ...
IEEE

Nonlinearity-Kept Picard-Newton's Method-Based Ascending Trajectory Planning for Single-Stage-To-Orbit Aerospace Plane With Combined-Cycle Propulsion

Abstract: This paper addresses the problem of ascending trajectory planning for single-stage-to-orbit aerospace planes equipped with combined-cycle propulsion. By utilizing a nonlinearity-kept ...
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NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center demolished the Propulsion and Structural Test Facility and the Dynamic Test Facility

NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center demolished the Propulsion and Structural Test Facility and the Dynamic Test Facility, two historic test stands, on January 10. Trump quietly appoints 4 members to ...
Nature

Chinese nuclear fusion reactor pushes plasma past crucial limit: what happens next

Researchers working on China’s ‘artificial sun’ have reported breaking a long-accepted threshold that has limited the operation of nuclear fusion reactors for decades. China’s Experimental Advanced ...
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L3Harris to Sell Majority Stake in Space Propulsion & Power Business to AE Industrial Partners

L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX) today announced that AE Industrial Partners ("AE Industrial") has agreed to acquire a controlling interest in L3Harris' Space Propulsion and Power Systems business at ...
SpaceNews

L3Harris to sell majority stake in space propulsion unit to AE Industrial

WASHINGTON — L3Harris Technologies said Jan. 5 it will sell a majority stake in its space propulsion business to private equity firm AE Industrial Partners, marking the first major restructuring of ...
Indian Defence Review

Ex-NASA Scientist Claims He Broke the Laws of Physics by Finding a Way to Defy Earth’s Gravity

A former NASA scientist claims to have developed a propulsion system that defies gravity without propellant, challenging the laws of physics if proven true. This slide from Dr. Buhler’s APEC ...