A proposed portable nuclear reactor (simplified solid core) is the size of a hot tub and will be able to generate 27MW. It is in funded development. A 200 KW version of the Vasimr engine is being ...

VASIMR (Variable Specific Impulse Magnetoplasma Rocket) Engine Market Overview: The variable specific impulse magnetoplasma rocket (VASIMR) is an electrothermal thruster being developed for potential ...

Without funding support, the FISO telecon colloquia is an extracurricular activity. The telecon became less a working group tag-up and more, as it is exclusively now, an opportunity for a wide ...

Last week, as the world celebrated the first lunar landing, Apollo 11 astronauts Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins both called for NASA to make Mars its next goal. But the chemical propulsion system ...

That said, the VASIMR rocket, developed by the Ad Astra Rocket Company might just bring human exploration of the red planet within reach. Because when it comes down to it, it’s all about the need for ...

Ad Astra Rocket Company’s VASIMR(R) VX-200 rocket prototype reached its highly- coveted 200 kW maximum power milestone at 11:59 am (CST) in tests conducted at the company’s Houston laboratory. The DC ...

A new plasma gas engine could cut the Earth-Mars transit time for future spacecraft from roughly six months to just 39 days. In pursuit of this goal, NASA has just awarded a contract to Ad Astra ...

New York, July 21, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Reportlinker.com announces the release of the report "VASIMR (Variable Specific Impulse Magnetoplasma Rocket) Engine ...

HOUSTON—Franklin Chang-Díaz bounds up a handful of stairs and peers through a porthole cut into the side of a silver, tanker-truck-sized vacuum chamber. Inside, a blueish-purple light shines, ...

Ad Astra Rocket Company and NASA have successfully completed contract negotiations on the company’s Next Space Technology Exploration Partnerships (NextSTEP) award, announced on March 31, 2015, and ...

(MENAFN- GlobeNewsWire - Nasdaq) NEW YORK, United States, Sept. 15, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Zion market Research has published a new research report titled“ VASIMR (Variable Specific Impulse ...

Houston, TX. Ad Astra Rocket Company’s VASIMR(R) VX-200 rocket prototype reached its highly- coveted 200 kW maximum power milestone at 11:59 am (CST) in tests conducted at the company’s Houston ...