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 ...

NASA says it has successfully tested a high-powered plasma thruster that could eventually reduce Mars travel times from ...

NASA just tested a blazing-hot plasma engine that could help carry humans to Mars.

The space agency is investing in the development of a propulsion system that uses nuclear power to create plasma bursts. Reading time 2 minutes The future of space travel depends on our ability to ...

Phase Four, Inc. (“Phase Four”), the creator of the radio-frequency thruster for satellite propulsion, announced today its highly anticipated Maxwell Block 3 turn-key plasma propulsion thruster. The ...

Russia is quietly testing a new plasma propulsion system that, if it performs as claimed, could dramatically change how long it takes to travel to Mars. Early results suggest a leap in speed and ...

A team of engineers and scientists led by NASA have begun investigating the physics and performance of magnetic nozzles — innovative devices that could support development of plasma-based propulsion ...

Russia's state atomic energy corporation, Rosatom, has developed a plasma electric rocket engine that could send spacecraft to Mars in just 30 to 60 days. The plasma engine works by accelerating ...

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A laboratory in Troitsk, Russia, may have just nudged humanity closer to interplanetary commuting. Scientists at Rosatom, the country's state nuclear corporation, have revealed a working prototype of ...