Andrews Space & Technology (AS&T) successfully demonstrated the fundamental operating principles of a propulsion system that could dramatically affect interplanetary space travel, shortening round ...
A student-built CubeSat from the University of Michigan will investigate whether small satellites can be maintained in low Earth orbit without thrusters or propellant. Scheduled to launch from the ...
(A) Illustration of the soft microswimmer with a single microbubble. (B) Illustration of CeFlowBots with bubble arrays. (C) Illustration of the microbubble-aided microrobots. (D) Illustration of the ...
Plasma propulsion transforms an inert propellant – often hydrogen – into plasma, a superheated mix of ions and electrons.
Researchers at NASA's Eagleworks advanced-propulsion lab have been working on a technology that can theoretically bring humans to Mars in just 70 days. The rocket propulsion engine known as EmDrive is ...