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

A new type of nuclear thermal propulsion reactor fuel has been successfully tested at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center, ...

The fission reaction is harnessed to generate heat to energize a helium gas propellant, which is exhausted to produce thrust. A follow-on operational engine would replace helium with more ...

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) will soon start getting back to normal operations after weathering the raging L.A. fires. JPL lies at the base of the San Gabriel Mountains just north of Los ...

German engineering consultancy FEV displayed a Sytech S415 TC turbocharged flat-four engine bound for production in China this year as a range-extender. A few aisles away, we spotted yet another ...

Researchers at the University of Virginia say a new effort to unlock the complex dynamics of electron kinetic behavior in the plasma beams of electric propulsion (EP) engines using supercomputer ...

Their work sheds new light on electron behavior in plasma beams, potentially shaping the next generation of space propulsion systems. Cui, who joined the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace ...

“Electric propulsion works by ionizing a neutral gas, usually xenon, and then using electric fields to accelerate the resulting ions. The ions, now forming a high-speed plasma beam, push the ...

"Electric propulsion works by ionizing a neutral gas, usually xenon, and then using electric fields to accelerate the resulting ions. The ions, now forming a high-speed plasma beam, push the ...

On January 3, Sam Shoemate appeared on the Shawn Ryan Show to share that he received an email from Matthew Livelsberger, the Green Beret suspected in the Cybertruck explosion. Shoemate, a retired ...

“I didn’t see any visible means of propulsion, so I don’t know what it would be,” a stumped Chiao told The Post. “You gotta have a jet engine or a propeller or something.” The pilot ...