• Subscribe
  • News
  • Astronautics
  • Science
  • Environment
  • Security
  • Specials
  • Opinion
  • Lounge
  • Reviews
  • Quick subscription
  • Board
  • Team
  • Advertising
  • Contributors
  • Industry
  • Foreword
  • Partners
  • Log in
  • Subscribe
  • Log in
  • Home
  • News
  • Astronautics
  • Science
  • Environment
  • Security
  • Specials
  • Opinion
  • Lounge
  • Reviews

Articles tagged: solar electric propulsion

  • Asteroid Redirect Mission, Michele Gates, NASA, solar electric propulsion December 2014 Asteroid Redirect Mission: preparing for Mars in deep space

    ... number of new space technologies to extend human spaceflight beyond LEO. One of these is the use of advanced solar electric propulsion (SEP) to carry the spacecraft out to one of several candidate asteroids. Two primary mission options are currently...

    • Asteroid Redirect Mission
    • Michele Gates
    • NASA
    • solar electric propulsion
    Authors: Michele Gates    
  • BIT-3, Busek Co. Inc, Critical Design Review (CDR), Electric Propulsion (EP) system, iodine fuelled ion engine 02 August 2017 First iodine fuelled thrusters pass critical design tests

    ... first of its kind iodine fuelled solar electric propulsion system designed by Busek Co. Inc... an entirely new range of small spacecraft mission. Electric propulsion (EP) systems have the appealing factor of providing exceptional propellant ...

    • BIT-3
    • Busek Co. Inc
    • Critical Design Review (CDR)
    • Electric Propulsion (EP) system
    • iodine fuelled ion engine
  • annular ion engine, electric propulsion, evolutionary xenon thruster, innovation, NASA October 2016 Unlocking the potential of annular ion engines

    ...HET (Hall Effect Rocket with Magnetic Shielding, or HERMeS) under co-development by NASA and JPL for the Solar Electric Propulsion Technology Demonstration Mission (SEP TDM) project [6] have superior performance as compared to all other EP technology...

    • annular ion engine
    • electric propulsion
    • evolutionary xenon thruster
    • innovation
    • NASA
    Authors: Michael J. Patterson    
  • Lockheed Martin, mars, Mars Base Camp, NASA, Orion January 2017 Blueprint for NASA’s journey to Mars

    ... Orion for EM-4, the prototype assembly platform will be delivered by solar electric propulsion. The Asteroid Redirect Mission (ARM) will also be demonstrating solar electric propulsion (SEP) capability to transport large masses in deep space in this...

    • Lockheed Martin
    • mars
    • Mars Base Camp
    • NASA
    • Orion
    Authors: Joshua W. Ehrlich     Robert P. Chambers     Scott D. Norris     Stephen A. Bailey     Steven D. Jolly     Timothy Cichan    
  • Blue Origin, Draper, Lunar gateway, Maxar 19 August 2019 Maxar selected to build, fly first element of NASA’s Lunar Gateway

    ...lunar orbits over its lifetime to maximize NASA’s science and exploration operations. Maxar’s extensive experience with solar electric propulsion includes 36 spacecraft on-orbit today and more than 100,000 hours of firing time. A key element of Maxar...

    • Blue Origin
    • Draper
    • Lunar gateway
    • Maxar
  • BepiColombo, ESA, JAXA, Mercury, Spacecraft November 2018 BepiColombo – a mission to explore Mercury

    ...Venus and Mercury, in combination with the thrust provided by the Mercury Transfer Module (MTM) - which is powered by a solar electric propulsion system - to reach its destination. The spacecraft will have a 7.2-year cruise, with one Earth flyby, two...

    • BepiColombo
    • ESA
    • JAXA
    • Mercury
    • Spacecraft
    Authors: Johannes Benkoff    
    • «
    • 1
    • 2
    • »

ROOM Space Journal Trends

Room Space

astronomy magazine

air and space magazine

air space magazine

air and space magazine subscription

air and space smithsonian magazine

airplane magazine

all about space

air & space magazine subscription

astronomy magazines list

  • Home
  • Board
  • Team
  • Vacancies
  • Advertising
  • Contributors
  • Foreword
  • Partners
  • Contents
  • Archives
  • Reviews
  • Submit an article
  • Terms of Service
  • Privacy Policy
  • Cookie Notice
  • Imprint
  • Quick subscription
  • Submit an article
  • Terms of Service
  • Privacy Policy
  • Cookie Notice
  • Imprint
  • ROOM, Space Magazine Cover
  • Contact us: subscription@room.eu.com
  • Phone: +44 7977 469 741
  • Follow us:
© 2014 - 2025 Copyright beta version "Room The Space Journal of Asgardia". ISSN 2412 - 4311. All Rights reserved