Chemical rockets have taken us to the moon and back, but traveling to the stars demands something more powerful. Space X's Starship can lift extraordinary masses to orbit and send payloads throughout ...
Space missions in the future could travel to Mars, asteroids and the outer solar system by riding on nuclear-powered rockets, thanks to a new design that utilizes energy from the nuclear fission of ...
A startup based in California plans to launch a new broadband satellite constellation called Meridian Space. It will consist of hundreds of small "microsatellites" sent into low-Earth orbit by firing ...
Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Using a conceptual direct fusion drive, we could reach Saturn and Titan in just two years. Titan's liquid surface oceans and rich hydrocarbons make ...
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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 ...