Electrically powered spacecraft propulsion

Mars in situ resource utilization: a review

Stanley Starr, Anthony C. Muscatello

Citations: 153 • 2020

European Sail Tower SPS concept

W. Seboldt, Martin Klimke, M. Leipold, Nicolaus Hanowski

Citations: 117 • 2001

Recent advances in nuclear powered electric propulsion for space exploration

R. Joseph Cassady, Robert Frisbee, James H. Gilland, Michael G. Houts, Michael R. LaPointe, Colleen M. Maresse-Reading, Steven R. Oleson, James E. Polk, Derrek Russell, Anita Sengupta

Citations: 60 • 2007

Method for Characterization of a Multirotor UAV Electric Propulsion System

Petar Piljek, Denis Kotarski, Matija Krznar

Citations: 35 • 2020

Hall Thruster Technology for NASA Science Missions

David Manzella, David Oh, Randall Aadland

Citations: 35 • 2005

Automatic orbital maneuver for mega-constellations maintenance with electrodynamic tethers

Jinyu Liu, Gangqiang Li, Zheng Zhu, Ming Liu, Xingqun Zhan

Citations: 33 • 2020

High Power MPD Thruster Performance Measurements

Michael R. LaPointe, E. Strzempkowski, Eric Pencil

Citations: 33 • 2004

High-Power Solar Electric Propulsion for Future NASA Missions

David Manzella, Kurt J. Hack

Citations: 32 • 2014

High power MPD thruster development at the NASA Glenn Research Center

Michael R. LaPointe, Pavlos Mikellides

Citations: 30 • 2001

Radioisotope electric propulsion of sciencecraft to the outer solar system and near-interstellar space

R. Noble

Citations: 28 • 1999

Magnetic resonant wireless power transfer for propulsion of implantable micro-robot

D. Kim, Min Kyu Kim, Jang Mok Yoo, Helen Hejin Park, Seungyoung Ahn

Citations: 27 • 2015

Solar Power System Analyses for Electric Propulsion Missions

Thomas Kerslake, Leon P. Gefert

Citations: 24 • 1999

A Survey of Emerging Materials for Revolutionary Aerospace Vehicle Structures and Propulsion Systems

Charles E. Harris, Mark J. Shuart, Hugh R. Gray

Citations: 23 • 2002

Fast Transits to Mars Using Electric Propulsion

John Dankanich, Bob Vondra, Andrew Ilin

Citations: 22 • 2010

VASIMR Performance Measurements at Powers Exceeding 50 kW and Lunar Robotic Mission Applications

Jared Squire, Franklin Chang-Díaz, Tim Glover, Mark D. Carter, Leonard Cassady, V. T. Jacobson, Greg McCaskill, Chris Olsen, Edgar A. Bering, Michael Brukardt, Ben Longmier

Citations: 21 • 2008

Self-Propelled Swimming Microrobot Using Electroosmotic Propulsion and Biofuel Cell

Toshiro Yamanaka, Fumihito Arai

Citations: 21 • 2018

Human Missions to Mars Orbit, Phobos, and Mars Surface Using 100-kWe-Class Solar Electric Propulsion

Humphrey W. Price, Ryan Woolley, Nathan Strange, John D. Baker

Citations: 20 • 2014

The Ion Propulsion System for the Asteroid Redirect Robotic Mission

Daniel A. Herman, Walter Santiago, Hani Kamhawi, James E. Polk, John Snyder, Richard R. Hofer, Michael J. Sekerak

Citations: 20 • 2016

Combining Solar Electric Propulsion and chemical propulsion for crewed missions to Mars

Tom Percy, Melissa L. McGuire, Tara Polsgrove

Citations: 20 • 2015

Solar Electric Propulsion Vehicle Demonstration to Support Future Space Exploration Missions

Bryan Smith, Margaret L. Nazario, Cameron C. Cunningham

Citations: 18 • 2012