In 1983, MIT researchers used their magnetic mirror plasma device to conduct the first Variable Specific Impulse Magnetoplasma Rocket (VASIMR) propulsion experiment. A decade and a half later, NASA’s ...

This article is intended to correct significant inaccuracies and misconceptions about the VASIMR® engine technology and its development, including several that have recently appeared in the electronic ...

Scientists are making progress on an advanced space propulsion system aimed at a variety of uses, including reboosting space stations, cleaning up space junk and powering superfast journeys that could ...

Without funding support, the FISO telecon colloquia is an extracurricular activity. The telecon became less a working group tag-up and more, as it is exclusively now, an opportunity for a wide ...

Ad Astra Rocket Company (Ad Astra) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) have signed two separate contracts to continue the maturation of the VASIMR® rocket technology. The ...