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NASA-funded pulsed plasma rocket concept aims to send astronauts to Mars in 2 months
The Pulsed Plasma Rocket (PPR ... into Phase II of the NASA Innovative Advanced Concept (NIAC) study, having completed Phase ...
NASA’s KiNET-X Rocket Experiment Reveals Hidden Physics of Auroras
Scientists have made groundbreaking progress in understanding the dazzling auroras that light up the night sky. Using NASA’s KiNET-X experiment, researchers simulated auroral conditions by releasing ...
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Scientists Say Antimatter Rockets Could Get Us to the Stars Within a Lifetime — Here’s the Catch
In 1932, physicists glimpsed antimatter for the first time — a strange mirror image of regular matter with mind-bending ...
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NASA finds the fuel that will take us to Mars in 45 days: It’s better than hydrogen and plasma
NASA's nuclear propulsion breakthrough promises Mars trips in 45 days. Combining nuclear and plasma systems boosts efficiency ...
Nuclear-electric rocket propulsion could cut Mars round-trips down to a few months
Ad Astra Rocket Company has spent over two decades developing the Variable Specific Impulse Magnetoplasma Rocket (VASIMR), a highly efficient electric propulsion system. VASIMR operates by ...
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is a NASA Space Technology Research Institute awarded in 2017. Its mission is computational development of materials for space applications. The Ion Space Propulsion Lab (ISP Lab) involves ...
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Spaceships of the future that could jet humans to Mars from Nasa Star Wars-style nuclear rocket to Elon Musk’s Starship
"Nasa will work with our long-term partner, Darpa, to develop and demonstrate advanced nuclear thermal propulsion technology as soon as 2027," said Nasa boss Bill Nelson. Most read in Science ...