DLR4 年
Electric Space Propulsion Test Facility Göttingen – electric thrusters (STG-ET)
The DLR Institute of Aerodynamics and Flow Technology in Göttingen is testing the thrust and fuel efficiency of these systems in its large-scale Electric Space Propulsion Test Facility (STG). The ...
Interesting Engineering on MSN6 小时
Water-based plasma thrusters could power spacecraft for deep space missions
The new approach called the Water-based Electric Thrusters (WET) aims to develop a method of converting water into plasma, a ...
DLR4 年
High-Vacuum Plume Test Facility for Chemical Thrusters (STG-CT)
This German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) large-scale facility enables experiments on chemical thrusters under space-like vacuum conditions. The aim of the ...
Hackaday1 年
Upgraded Plasma Thruster Is Smaller, More Powerful
the duo came up with an interesting test — if you use a fan to force more air into the throat of one section of the thruster, do you get a corresponding increase in velocity on the output side?
SpaceNews1 个月
Pale Blue to flight test water thruster with D-Orbit
8 with Italian transportation company D-Orbit to conduct two 2025 demonstrations of a tiny water-fueled thruster. Slightly larger than a 10-centimeter cube, the Pale Blue 1U+ Water Ion Thruster ...
Greek Reporter1 天
Scientists Unveil Revolutionary Water-Fueled Technology for Spacecraft
Scientists are developing water-fueled spacecraft technology, aiming for a cleaner, and cost-effective propulsion system.