Cui focuses on advancing electric propulsion (EP) thrusters, a cornerstone technology for future space exploration. “In order to ensure the technology remains viable for long-term missions, we need to ...

Electric propulsion (EP) thrusters are expected to revolutionize space exploration, offering a fuel-efficient alternative to traditional chemical rockets. “Electric propulsion works by ionizing ...

volume = {8}, number = {86}, pages = {4672}, author = {Thomas Marks and Paul Schedler and Benjamin Jorns}, title = {HallThruster.jl: a Julia package for 1D Hall thruster discharge simulation}, journal ...

Thirty-three engines at the base of this booster produce around 74 meganewtons of thrust. To put that into perspective, it’s almost 700 times as powerful as the thrust generated by the common ...