The coming decades of space exploration hinge on a single, stubborn number: the 225 million kilometres between Earth and Mars ...

Picture a spacecraft returning to Earth after a long journey. The vehicle slams into the planet’s atmosphere at roughly 17,000 miles per hour. A shockwave erupts. Molecules in the air are ripped apart ...

Abstract: Deep space exploration depends on the innovation of propulsion methods, and electric propulsion is a strong development direction. Hall thrusters, with high efficiency and large specific ...

Russian Scientists Test Engine That Could Shrink Mars Travel to One Month ...

Space is filled with garbage. More specifically, the low Earth orbit, where most satellites and space equipment spend their time. NASA estimates that there are nearly 6,000 tons of material in low ...

The big picture: In deep-space travel, the race is no longer about who has the biggest rocket – it's about who can build the smartest plasma engine. As the competition to reach Mars intensifies, ...

Being more efficient and more powerful than chemical rockets, plasma engines are seen as the future of human spaceflight. While NASA-backed plasma rocket projects aim for travel times to Mars be just ...

It has long become obvious that if we are to expand our reach into the solar system, the current means of propulsion for spaceships would simply not do. With such goals set for the near future, the ...

Lowental Hybrid Ltd., a global innovator in hybrid UAV propulsion, today announced that Elbit Systems Ltd., a global defense technology leader and UAV manufacturer, has selected its Native Parallel ...

KDE Neon Unstable gives you a glimpse of what's coming. KDE Plasma 6.6 is shaping up to be something special. The only thing missing is the new login manager. KDE Plasma 6.6 is upon us. Feb. 17 is the ...