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NASA ignites lithium plasma engine that could redefine human missions to Mars
A powerful new propulsion test by NASA signals a major shift in how humans could reach Mars, as engineers successfully fired ...
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NASA tests lithium-fed plasma thruster aimed at faster Mars missions
On February 24, 2026, engineers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory fed liquid lithium into a prototype plasma thruster, ...
Space plasma physics examines the behaviour of ionised gases in planetary and astrophysical environments where electromagnetic forces dominate over collisional interactions. This field explores ...
In what already has been a stellar career, University of Delaware physicist William H. Matthaeus has been elected to membership in the National Academy of Sciences, one of the most prestigious honors ...
A new study led by Southwest Research Institute's Dr. Michael Starkey has provided observational evidence from the SwRI-led Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) Mission of pickup ions (PUIs) and associated ...
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will conduct the Decadal Assessment of Plasma Science with support from the Department of Energy, the National Science Foundation, the Air ...
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