NASA and Aerojet Rocketdyne are taking a big step in testing a new ion propulsion engine that will help power lunar exploration. The Advanced Electric Propulsion System (AEPS) has been undergoing ...

The distant and cold Voyager 1 spacecraft did a clever thruster trick to help it phone home. "All the decisions we will have to make going forward are going to require a lot more analysis and caution ...

Starlight’s Crucible Hall-effect thruster and Benchmark’s 22-newton Ocelot bipropellant thruster each undergo testing for a range of targeted mission applications. Credit: Benchmark Space Systems ...

Low-Earth orbit does not provide many second chances, but it does provide audits. Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner is on a collision course with one of them: a cargo-only flight that will transform a ...

The Voyager 1 spacecraft has been cruising through the cosmos for 47 years, collecting precious data beyond the solar system. All that interstellar travel, however, is taking its toll on the probe.

A Xantus electric thruster by Benchmark Space Systems in ground tests. Credit: Benchmark Space Systems WASHINGTON — Benchmark Space’s first electric thruster is in orbit and ready to begin operations ...

Russia is testing a plasma engine prototype designed to slash Mars travel time to just 60 days. Developed by Rosatom’s ...

Dublin, Oct. 16, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "Global Space Propulsion Market by Type (Chemical Propulsion, Non-chemical Propulsion), System Component (Thrusters, Propellant Feed System, Nozzle), ...

Key opportunities in the satellite propulsion system market include the rising demand for electric and hybrid propulsion ...

(Credit: Wärtsilä) Wärtsilä WST-E embedded electric steerable thruster (Credit: Wärtsilä) One of three newly introduced Wärtsilä WST-R retractable thrusters – the WST-14R (Credit: Wärtsilä) The ...

Key opportunities in aircraft propulsion systems include the rising demand for electric and hybrid-electric systems, focus on ...