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 ...
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From plasma engines that could turn months of travel into weeks to the first blueprints for ships that will outlive their ...
A breakthrough pulsed plasma rocket is getting NASA phase 2 innovative concepts funding. It will have 15 times the efficiency of chemical rockets and with high levels of thrust at the level of a ...
Houston, TX. Ad Astra Rocket Company’s VASIMR(R) VX-200 rocket prototype reached its highly- coveted 200 kW maximum power milestone at 11:59 am (CST) in tests conducted at the company’s Houston ...
A plasma rocket engine that may one day get a test on the International Space Station has reached a power milestone in one of the radio-frequency (RF) systems used to heat the electrically charged ...
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 ...
The long, winding road for Franklin Chang-Diaz's plasma rocket engine takes another turn. See full article ...
To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. Preview this article 1 min A local company founded by a ...
NASA aims to send astronauts to Mars by the 2030s. But with current technology, the journey will be years long. That's why NASA invested in a new type of rocket that could shorten the trip to just 2 ...
Russian scientists have announced the development of a plasma-powered rocket engine that could potentially reach Mars within a few months. According to the Russian news outlet Izvestia, this ...
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