From bicycles to rockets, learning through experience – whether human or machine – is shaping the future of space exploration ...

Human crews headed for Mars are still looking at journeys that last most of a year, long enough for radiation, boredom and ...

Helicon plasma propulsion represents a promising and multifaceted approach in the domain of electric space propulsion. At its core, the technology utilises helicon waves to generate high-density ...

Space has a trash problem, with defunct satellites, rockets, and smaller broken bits orbiting the Earth at high speeds. The amount of space junk is only increasing, raising the risk of collision with ...

Houston, TX. Ad Astra Rocket Company’s VASIMR(R) VX-200 rocket prototype reached its highly- coveted 200 kW maximum power milestone at 11:59 am (CST) in tests conducted at the company’s Houston ...

The world’s heavy reliance on fossil fuels, especially for transportation, has left a deep mark on both the planet and public health. Burning these fuels releases a flood of greenhouse gases, which ...

A new plasma thruster could scale up to compete with traditional jet engines. The plasma is magnified by high-intensity microwaves and pressurized air. Researchers had to invent a way to measure the 1 ...

Ad Astra Rocket Company reports two important advances with its VX-200 high power VASIMR(R) engine prototype: 1) a significant increase in its high power performance over previous test data obtained ...

Just like litter is a big problem on Earth, space junk is cluttering up outer space. To dispose of this junk, a researcher demonstrated the utility of a special plasma thruster. (Nanowerk News) Space ...