Let’s take a look at how ion thrusters work, and some of their interesting applications in the world of spacecraft! Chemical rocket engines provide huge thrust but are thirsty when it comes to fuel.

So the ion engine is just using electricity to create thrust exhaust instead of burning rocket fuel. The downside is that the thrust is very tiny. The upside is that, in space, that tiny thrust ...

Eco-friendly alternatives to fossil fuels are venturing beyond Earth—and into space.

Scientists are developing a new space propulsion system that uses water as fuel, promising a more sustainable way to explore ...

These engines are as old as rocketry itself—Soviet and German rocket leaders first dreamed ... Unlike chemical rockets that ...

Electric propulsion is being increasingly used on ... The impulse generated is not as immediately forceful as a chemical rocket, but ion engines require less fuel and therefore less mass, which ...

Scientists have figured out how to create a new ion engine that uses 100 million times less fuel than a chemical rocket ... out of the engine and create thrust (instead of being attracted back ...

NASA is developing a groundbreaking spacecraft concept designed to revolutionize Mars travel. The ambitious plan involves ...

A research team presents an AI assessor for Hall-effect ion thrusters, the engines of satellites and space probes.

Deep space probes like Voyager 1 and 2, meanwhile, have used ion propulsion to reach ... is the Nuclear Thermal Propulsion (NTP) system, a type of nuclear rocket. According to GA-EMS president ...