Electric propulsion is being increasingly used on space missions and could ultimately replace thrusters using chemical ...

NASA is developing a groundbreaking spacecraft concept designed to revolutionize Mars travel. The ambitious plan involves ...

The trip to Mars and back is not one for the faint of heart. We're not talking days, weeks, or months. But there are ...

Two United States based firms have entered into a partnership to advance high-power nuclear electric ... around the solar system. NEP enables human-timescale missions to Mars, Jupiter, and beyond ...

The Power and Propulsion Element (PPE) acts as Gateway’s service module, providing solar electric propulsion for ... also for future human missions to Mars. The Preliminary Design Review ...

General Atomic's new nuclear fuel was subjected to the maximum heat of a reactor for 20 minutes in the latest tests.

The new fuel could help power propulsion systems capable of taking humans to Mars in just 45 days. This is huge news because sending humans to the Red Planet using conventional rockets would ...

The Electric Solar Wind Sail (E-sail) is an innovative propulsion technology designed for space exploration that utilizes the solar wind to generate thrust without the need for traditional ...

The AEPS is a solar electric propulsion system that uses xenon as its propellant, much like existing ion engines. Where it differs is in the power output, which should allow it to work as the ...

But if we are to expand humankind's firsthand reach into the solar system beyond the Moon, we need new, better, and more effective means of propulsion ... going to head for Mars and elsewhere ...

Hence an electric propulsion system is also referred to as an ion engine. The energy for the electromagnetic fields is often provided by solar arrays, and hence the technology is sometimes ...