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 ...

Ion thrusters are the most common primary engine powering satellites through orbital maneuvers today. But to travel from ...

The DLR-Institute of Aerodynamics and Flow Technology performs a lifetime qualification test of ArianeGroup’s radio frequency gridded ion thruster RIT2x in the Electric Space Propulsion Test Facility ...

When [Jay Bowles] demoed his first-generation ion thruster on Plasma Channel ... [Jay] can realize his dream of propelling a winged aircraft of his own design with high-voltage.