These thrusters compromise mission longevity due to continuous erosion of the device electrode material. To overcome this issue, an electrode less expanding magnetic field plasma thruster or helicon ...

Astronautical engineers at Magdrive have developed a unique plasma thruster for use in space that's capable of using nearly any metal type as the fuel source, which means spacecraft would not have ...

Dr Kim, who created a plasma thruster design for the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched last year, said that currently spacecraft, once they have left the Earth’s atmosphere, are mostly propelled ...

The technology is named Super Magdrive. Dr. Kim, who created a plasma thruster design for the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched last year, said he hopes the tech can be used for future deep-space ...

In other words, aneutronic nuclear fusion in a water-fueled pulsed-plasma thruster holds great performance improvements through high-speed protons from ionized water vapor. These high-velocity ...

A new rocket thruster could lead to ‘never-ending’ deep-space exploration by converting metals to fuel. Scientists at the University of Southampton are trialling a propulsion system which uses ...

Dr Kim, who created a plasma thruster design for the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched last year, said that currently spacecraft, once they have left the Earth’s atmosphere, are mostly propelled ...

Dr Kim, who created a plasma thruster design for the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched last year, said that currently spacecraft, once they have left the Earth’s atmosphere, are mostly propelled ...

The breakthrough could mean deep space exploration is no longer the stuff of sci-fi, according to University of Southampton engineers. Listen here on your chosen podcast platform. Scientists are ...

Pic: University of Southampton The new thrusters can burn metals which are relatively abundant in space, such as iron, aluminium and copper, said Dr Kim, who created a plasma thruster design for ...

Dr. King is an experimentalist interested in studying electric space propulsion systems, including Hall-effect thrusters, ion engines, and arcjets. By utilizing strong electromagnetic forces to ...

“It could open up vast new frontiers and accelerate our understanding of the universe.” Dr Kim, who created a plasma thruster design for the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched last year, said that ...