However, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has recently completed a successful test of a different type of rocket, known as a rotating detonation engine. The engine relies on an ...

In most rocket engines, liquid hydrogen fuel and liquid ... A plasma rocket, on the other hand, is a type of electric propulsion system that uses two electrodes. When charged particles are moved ...

Through its WET (Water-Based Electric ... for rockets that is propelled by water being turned into plasma through electrolysis. While prototypes of water-powered rocket thrusters and engines ...

Something to look forward to: Scientists have created a laboratory prototype of a plasma electric rocket engine that could revolutionize space travel. Based on a magnetic plasma accelerator ...

Developed by Rosatom’s Troitsk Institute, the new technology could drastically reduce current space travel durations, which ...

Russia has introduced a plasma electric rocket engine that could transform space travel. This technology may reduce the journey to Mars to just 30-60 days. Current missions take nearly a year ...