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 ...

There have been some laboratory experiments and theoretical work done to validate aspects of the plasma magnet propulsion concept. The Plasma Magnet is a wind drag device invented almost twenty years ...

The global reliance on fossil fuels, particularly in transportation, has severe consequences for the environment and public ...

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 ...

Microwave plasma dynamics encompasses the study of ionised gases generated by high frequency electromagnetic fields and their complex interactions with the surrounding medium. At the heart of this ...

Houston, TX. Ad Astra Rocket Company’s VASIMR(R) VX-200 rocket prototype reached its highly- coveted 200 kW maximum power milestone at 11:59 am (CST) in tests conducted at the company’s Houston ...

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

The Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) has been awarded two prestigious Consolidator Grants from the European Research ...

July 2, 2009 – Ad Astra Rocket Company has successfully demonstrated operation of its VX-200 plasma engine first stage at full power and under superconducting conditions in tests conducted today at ...

Airplanes were still in pinfeathers when Rudyard Kipling wrote his stirring turn-of-the-century story. With the Night Mail, and filled the fictional skies over the Atlantic with swift craft propelled ...

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 ...