Scientists and engineers are diligently working on innovative concepts to make the next era of human spaceflight more powerful and more efficient using nuclear propulsion. One of these designs, known ...

Microfluidic Visualization Many of the propulsion technologies being developed in the ISP Lab are aimed at small satellites. The thrusters themselves manipulate small—sometimes micro—quantities of ...

The Xenon/Krypton facility is a 2-meter-diameter by 4-meter-long space simulation chamber for ground-testing flight-scale ion propulsion systems. The chamber is evacuated to ultimate pressure using ...

News18 offers a closer look at the space station where astronauts spend weeks or months living, working, and conducting ...

A deeper understanding of the mechanisms initiating cathode failure will improve the thruster operation, increase the lifetime, and ultimately reduce the cost. In this paper, we present the results of ...

Psyche's solar-electric propulsion system is more fuel-efficient than conventional rocket thrusters, and it works by flowing xenon through an electromagnetic field, which ionizes the gas and ...

The Return of Steady Propulsion Secures the Flight Path to Mars and Beyond Now operating via the backup xenon line, Psyche ’s electric propulsion system is performing as expected. Engineers plan ...

HOUSTON—NASA’s Psyche mission spacecraft has resumed solar electric propulsion operations after being successfully switched to a backup fuel line. The solar-powered asteroid probe’s four ...

Berg Propulsion chose The Switch to supply each vessel with two large DC-Hubs responsible for the main power distribution on board and two PMM1000 propulsion machines.

Several advantages have been attributed to pod propulsion systems, such as: reduced emissions, lower noise and vibration levels and emissions; improved steering maneuvering, and braking capabilities.