NASA is working on a lithium-plasma electric thruster that uses roughly 90% less fuel than chemical rockets. Can this new ...

NASA just nudged its Mars ambitions forward with a lab test of a new ion engine that vastly outmuscles anything it's flown before. The lithium-fed magnetoplasmadynamic (MPD) thruster hit 120 kilowatts ...

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory recently reached a significant achievement in space travel technology. They successfully tested a lithium-fed magneto.

A team of researchers at NASA has discovered a previously unknown material capable of withstanding the extreme heat and ...

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory successfully tested a 120-kilowatt magnetoplasmadynamic thruster, marking a significant step ...

A prototype ion engine that uses lithium vapor as a propellant has aced its first tests, achieving 25 times more power than previous ion engines.

I happen to love that sound. Then again, I love any and all turbine whine, prop resonance, rotor fart, and tail rotor scream that'll reach my ears. Click to expand... One of my favorite commercial ...

It's not the speed that's the problem, it's the air/bubbles in the stream that cause the damage. As has been noted many times concerning turbopump designs, the object is high volume, but ensure ...