A Texas company may provide NASA with a new kind of propulsion system that could be attached to the International Space Station, and someday might power spacecraft through the solar system. NASA and Ad Astra Rocket Co. of Webster, Texas, signed a Space Act Agreement that could lead to testing a new plasma-based space propulsion technology on the International Space Station. The Variable Specific Impulse Magnetoplasma Rocket (VASIMR) engine initially was studied by NASA and now is being commercially developed…
NASA Inks Deal For Ad Astra Rocket Co. To Develop Plasma-Based Space Transport
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