4), but thruster issues mean the probe faces a lengthy delay before entering orbit around the solar system's innermost planet. BepiColombo launched in 2018 on an Ariane 5 rocket to seek out ...

HTS have almost no electrical resistance, meaning they require minimal power ... superconducting electromagnet prototype onto an ion thruster at Nagoya University in Japan. During tests, they ...

As it flew up toward the International Space Station last summer, the Starliner spacecraft lost four thrusters. A NASA ...

Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams have revealed harrowing details of how their capsule narrowly avoided catastrophe as it approached the International Space Station.

When [Jay Bowles] demoed his first-generation ion thruster on Plasma Channel, the resulting video picked up millions of views and got hobbyists and professionals alike talking. While ionic lifters ...

Before assembly in a propulsion device, Miles Space captured imagery during tests of five thruster heads. The imagery was captured with long-exposure photography. SAN FRANCISCO – Miles Space has ...

It's been ten months since NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams traveled to the International Space Station on board Boeing's issues-riddled Starliner spacecraft. After years of delays, ...