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New York, July 21, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Reportlinker.com announces the release of the report "VASIMR (Variable Specific Impulse Magnetoplasma Rocket) Engine ...

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A journey from Earth to Mars could in the future take just 39 days -- cutting current travel time nearly six times -- according to a rocket scientist who has the ear of the US space agency.

Ad Astra Rocket Co. is poised to bring the company’s Variable Specific Impulse Magnetoplasma Rocket (VASIMR) electric propulsion system to a Technical Readiness Level (TRL) of 6, or ready for a space ...

Internal studies by Ad Astra Rocket propose key propulsion roles for its Variable Specific Impulse Magnetoplasma Rocket (Vasimr) on formative space missions that draw interest from Washington and ...

The engine: Ad Astra’s rockets would be propelled by an engine called the Variable Specific Impulse Magnetoplasma Rocket (VASIMR). Turning up the heat: It works by running an electrical current ...

Ad Astra Rocket Company Homepage www.adastrarocket.com/home1.html Learn about the Variable Specific Impulse Magnetoplasma Rocket (VASIMR) system that might help us ...

[Houston, TX. For immediate release] – Ad Astra Rocket Company, a world leader in plasma rockets and MEI Technologies, Inc., a nationwide aerospace, defense and technology company, have joined forces ...

A plasma rocket that does not need the high-voltage grids or electrodes normally associated with electric propulsion systems such as Hall Effect thrusters and ion drives is to be built over the next ...

A scale-model plasma rocket engine that is to be tested at the International Space Station could be delivered in 2012 by a NASA Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) programme launch ...