Electric propulsion is being increasingly used on space missions and could ultimately replace thrusters using chemical ...

NASA is working on a groundbreaking nuclear electric propulsion system that could dramatically speed up trips to Mars. The ...

NASA is developing a groundbreaking spacecraft concept designed to revolutionize Mars travel. The ambitious plan involves ...

Supercomputer simulations advance electric propulsion by tackling ion plume challenges for safer space missions.

Modular Assembled Radiators for Nuclear Electric Propulsion Vehicles ... we eliminate trying to fit the whole system into one rocket fairing," said Amanda Stark, a heat transfer engineer at ...

The AEPS is a solar electric propulsion system that uses xenon as its propellant, much like existing ion engines. Where it differs is in the power output, which should allow it to work as the ...

Electric (plasma) propulsion devices have been used for applications such as station-keeping and orbit transfer, in place of chemical rockets, because they provide a higher specific impulse. Detailed ...

"Chemical rockets that we use today, even with the extra speed boost from flying by planets, or from swinging by the sun for ...

Electric propulsion works by ionizing a neutral gas ... Compared to chemical rockets, EP systems are much more fuel-efficient, enabling spacecraft to travel farther while carrying less fuel.

NASA is working on a nuclear electric propulsion system that would involve ... something that massive into the narrow confines of a rocket. Even fully compacted, the radiator would be too big ...

Electric propulsion works by ionizing a neutral gas ... Compared to chemical rockets, EP systems are much more fuel-efficient, enabling spacecraft to travel farther while carrying less fuel.