NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore returned after nine months on the ISS due to Boeing’s Starliner failures.

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 ...

NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams returned to Earth after an unexpected 286-day space mission.

Inspired by NASA aerospace engineering, this project features a plasma thruster, designed to maximize efficiency and increase ...

This manner of operation means that an ion thruster and a small mass of fuel can theoretically create a much larger delta-V than chemical rockets, perfect for long-range space missions to Mars and ...

But to travel from low-Earth orbit (LEO) to farther orbits—or even the Moon—requires a different kind of ion thruster capable ...

XI'AN -- A Chinese research team announced Monday that a space thruster has achieved full-power operation. The 100 kW high-thrust magnetoplasmadynamic thruster they tested is poised to pave the ...