Pulsed Plasma Thruster Funded By NASA Could Enable One Of The Coolest Space Missions Imagined If we can travel 550 astronomical units, we can reach a ridiculously cool point in space.

Plasma thrusters used on satellites could be much more powerful than previously believed. It has been believed that Hall thrusters, an efficient kind of electric propulsion widely used in orbit, ...

The new thruster could, in theory, refuel on the hop by mining asteroids, providing near-infinite ranges if ever deployed.

This innovative device significantly boosts the performance of RocketStar's base water-fueled pulsed plasma thruster by utilizing a unique form of aneutronic nuclear fusion.

That being said, Howe Industries is developing a Pulsed Plasma Rocket engine design to have 100,000 N (73,756 lbf) of thrust and specific impulse of 5,000. We haven't seen thrust figures for the ...

Such pulsed plasma thrusters never really caught on, but their simplicity and robustness of design has attracted the attention of engineers from time to time and they've been experimented with by ...

The fusion process was first devised during a R&D program for the US Air Force’s AFWERX (Air Force Work Project) initiative, where boronated water was introduced into the pulsed plasma thruster’s ...

Rocket Star Inc. has made a significant leap in space propulsion technology with the introduction of the Firear Fusion Drive.This innovative system, which combines plasma thruster technology with ...

NEW YORK, March 20, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- RocketStar Inc. has successfully demonstrated the FireStar Drive, a groundbreaking electric propulsion unit for spacecraft that uses nuclear fusion ...