Stay tuned with IE for more updates and insights on the top seven developments of 2025 in Science, Robotics, Military , Nuclear Energy, and more. We’ve been to the Moon and sent rovers to Mars, but ...

Helicon plasma propulsion represents a promising and multifaceted approach in the domain of electric space propulsion. At its core, the technology utilises helicon waves to generate high-density ...

Space has a trash problem, with defunct satellites, rockets, and smaller broken bits orbiting the Earth at high speeds. The amount of space junk is only increasing, raising the risk of collision with ...

The world’s heavy reliance on fossil fuels, especially for transportation, has left a deep mark on both the planet and public health. Burning these fuels releases a flood of greenhouse gases, which ...

From bicycles to rockets, learning through experience – whether human or machine – is shaping the future of space exploration.

Ad Astra Rocket Company reports two important advances with its VX-200 high power VASIMR(R) engine prototype: 1) a significant increase in its high power performance over previous test data obtained ...

A UK-based aerospace company dedicated to developing propulsion engines for space exploration has won the backing of the ...

Ad Astra Rocket Company (Ad Astra) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) have signed two separate contracts to continue the maturation of the VASIMR® rocket technology. The ...

Ad Astra Rocket Company will work through a series of development “gates” to build an advanced plasma-propulsion engine for in-flight testing on the International Space Station (ISS) by 2012. William ...

Just like litter is a big problem on Earth, space junk is cluttering up outer space. To dispose of this junk, a researcher demonstrated the utility of a special plasma thruster. (Nanowerk News) Space ...