Getting that fuel into orbit is costly, too! Ion thrusters, in their various forms, offer an alternative solution – miniscule thrust, but high fuel efficiency. This tiny push won’t get you off ...

Space startup Exodus Propulsion Technologies claims to have achieved a breakthrough, stumbling upon an entirely new force of nature that could power thrusters that don't need propellant to work.

Intended for next-generation fighter craft, the Heed Industries Helios Thruster Module propulsion system far outpaces the ...

When [Jay Bowles] demoed his first-generation ion thruster on Plasma Channel, the resulting video picked up millions of views and got hobbyists and professionals alike talking. While ionic lifters ...

Kongsberg Maritime has introduced a new size of underwater mountable azimuth thruster with a 3.7 meter propeller and ...

Ion thrusters are the most common primary engine powering satellites through orbital maneuvers today. But to travel from low-Earth orbit (LEO) to farther orbits—or even the Moon—requires a ...

Kongsberg Maritime has expanded its ULE PM retractable azimuth thruster range with the introduction of a new model, designed ...

Pale Blue has raised an extra $8.5 million in venture capital to mass-produce water vapor propulsion systems and upgrade the technology, the Japanese small satellite thruster developer announced ...

We have a little bit more work to do to get there for the final return.” That additional work now includes thruster tests that NASA plans to perform at its White Sands Test Facility. Stich said ...

June 29 (UPI) --An initial eight-day Boeing Starliner test mission to the International Space Station will be extended indefinitely to test the spacecraft's thrusters. Test pilots Butch Wilmore ...

The docking, at 1:34 p.m. Eastern time, was more than an hour later than planned, after the troubleshooting of several malfunctioning thrusters. “The team handled the pop quiz really well ...