The Progress MS-31 spacecraft will deliver equipment for scientific experiments to the ISS. In particular, a device for ...

EV advocates argue efficiency closes the gap, but **energy density dictates engineering constraints.** An ICE vehicle’s range ...

The world’s largest atom smasher has conducted its first-ever collisions between protons and oxygen ions, as part of an ...

VTT has obtained Finland’s first TOF-SIMS device for chemical surface analysis. This instrument is unique in materials ...

Desert Works Propulsion (DWP) has successfully completed initial testing of multiple prototype discharge and neutralizer ...

Scientists from Skoltech, the Institute of Nanotechnology of Microelectronics, RAS, and other research centers have refined the understanding of how plasma treatment of carbon-based electrodes ...

However, Russia’s state atomic energy corporation Rosatom has developed a plasma electric rocket engine that it believes could send spacecraft to Mars in just 30 to 60 days.

Benchmarking Against Existing Technologies Plasma propulsion itself isn’t new, but Rosatom’s system significantly outperforms current designs. Most existing ion thrusters operate at speeds between 30 ...

A conceptual breakthrough in ion engines for space flight will allow the optimization of the ion source and the accelerator system independently. Generation losses (less than 100 w/a ions) haw been ...