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

A research team presents an AI assessor for Hall-effect ion thrusters, the engines of satellites and space probes.

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

Mission: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch an Intuitive Machines lunar lander, which will carry NASA science-technology demonstrations and other commercial payloads to Mons Mouton, a lunar ...

FAIRBANKS, Alaska – This week, NASA aims to fire off rockets into the night sky over Alaska in an attempt to better understand polar auroras – more commonly known as the Northern Lights.

NASA plans to fly two rockets through active auroras and study the unique ribbons of light that dance across the Alaskan night sky. NASA plans to fly two rockets through active auroras to help ...

NASA rockets to study auroral pulsations and flickers in Alaska GIRAFF mission examines fast-pulsating and flickering auroras Black auroras linked to electron reversals explored by new mission ...

Credit: Christopher Perry/NASA/Tribune News Service via Getty Images NASA plans to fly two rockets through active auroras to help study the unique ribbons of light that dance across the Alaskan ...

Credit: Rocket Lab ORLANDO, Fla. — Rocket Lab is asking the incoming administration to reconsider NASA’s plans for Mars Sample Return (MSR), arguing it can offer an approach that is faster and ...

NASA plans to study the Northern Lights by launching rockets in Alaska. The goal is to understand the causes of auroras' flickering, pulsating, and dark spots. Two missions with advanced ...

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

Hence, folding it up within a rocket has been cited as a major ... together the radiator panels of the nuclear electric propulsion system. As per NASA release, these panels will facilitate the ...