Ad Astra Rocket Company has spent over two decades developing the Variable Specific Impulse Magnetoplasma Rocket (VASIMR), a highly efficient electric propulsion system. VASIMR operates by using ...

Electric propulsion is much more efficient than combustion engines, achieving a specific impulse (Isp) of 2,000+ seconds. ... Pulsar Fusion is trying to create a nuclear fusion rocket able to move ...

While chemical rockets need fuel to burn, electric propulsion needs propellant to accelerate. Both generate thrust by shooting out material opposite the direction of travel.

Those improved propulsion results were later confirmed in Phase 2 of the system’s development at Georgia Tech’s High Power Electric Propulsion Laboratory (HPEPL) in Atlanta, Georgia. There, the drive ...

Morpheus Space, a leading provider of in-space mobility solutions, is proud to announce the successful completion of its in-orbit demonstration mission in collaboration with space logistics leader ...

Aerojet Rocketdyne, a GenCorp (GY) company, announced today that it is celebrating the 30-year anniversary of its first Solar Electric Propulsion (SEP) mission. In 1983, Aerojet Rocketdyne’s ...

Exotrail’s spacewareTM portfolio, with nano, micro, mini and cluster product configurations, is a flexible, high-thrust electric Hall-effect propulsion system for satellites ranging from 10 to ...

NATICK, Mass., July 15, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Dr. Vlad Hruby, an electric propulsion pioneer who founded Busek Co. Inc. in 1985, has been awarded the 2024 Stuhlinger Medal for Outstanding ...

Highest Honor Bestowed to Busek's Founder for Contributions to the Field of Electric Propulsion in Space NATICK, Mass., July 15, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Dr. Vlad Hruby, an electric propulsion pioneer ...