While traditional rockets have gotten us into space for decades, newer tech is on the horizon, like this plasma engine that ...

Space is a useful place to put things like satellites that enable global communication, but there's also a lot of trash up ...

Hopefully for Takahashi, the applications of a cusp-type magnetic field could increase the power of his plasma engine by essentially containing ... technological advancement toward developing a ...

We’ve been talking about going to Mars for decades, but we haven’t yet cracked how to get people there and back safely and in a reasonable amount of time. The problem is one of distance and the ...

Just like litter is a big problem on Earth, space junk is cluttering up outer space. To dispose of this junk, a researcher demonstrated the utility of a special plasma thruster. (Nanowerk News) Space ...

Space startup Phase Four will be rolling out the next generation of its Maxwell radio-frequency plasma propulsion system next year, which the company says offers key performance improvements to allow ...

Laser focused on delivering mobility without compromise, Benchmark Space Systems today announced it has signed contracts for nearly two dozen new electric metal plasma thrusters (MPTs), with some set ...

The world’s heavy reliance on fossil fuels, especially for transportation, has left a deep mark on both the planet and public health. Burning these fuels releases a flood of greenhouse gases, which ...

July 2, 2009 – Ad Astra Rocket Company has successfully demonstrated operation of its VX-200 plasma engine first stage at full power and under superconducting conditions in tests conducted today at ...

LOGAN, Utah — Benchmark Space Systems announced plans Aug. 8 to acquire Alameda Applied Science Corp.’s electric propulsion technologies, and to begin offering customers hybrid chemical-electric ...

More spacecraft will be sent to orbit this year than ever before in human history, and the number of satellite launches is only anticipated to increase through the rest of the decade. Under these ...