NASA’s Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) program recently selected six promising projects for additional funding and development, allowing them to graduate to the second stage of development.

The NSWR is also fission-based and promising but less mature. Fusion-based propulsion (e.g., Daedalus) offers superior potential but awaits technological breakthroughs. Beamed power to ion drives or ...

MEC463: Advanced Aerospace Propulsion Technology. Autumn Semester Optional on Programmes: MECT50. Off Aerospace propulsion is an important and wide subject from the very powerful rocket to the very ...

Recently NASA announced earlier this month that the 12 kW Advanced Electric Propulsion System (AEPS) — which is scheduled to form an integral part of the Lunar Gateway when it is launched &#8… ...

Desert Works Propulsion (DWP) has successfully completed initial testing of multiple prototype discharge and neutralizer ...

Early studies suggest the pulsed plasma rocket (PPR) propulsion system could produce up to 100,000 N of thrust within a 5,000-second impulse. The concept has been developed from an earlier Pulsed ...

To send missions to Mars and other deep space destinations, advanced propulsion technologies are required that offer high acceleration (delta-v), specific impulse (I sp), and fuel efficiency.

The Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST). (2025, February 4). AI-driven performance prediction model to advance space electric propulsion technology?.

While plasma propulsion isn’t a new concept, the speeds claimed by Rosatom—100 km/s—are far beyond the capabilities of existing ion thrusters, which typically max out at 30-50 km/s.