Specific impulse

High Power MPD Thruster Performance Measurements

Michael R. LaPointe, E. Strzempkowski, Eric Pencil

Citations: 33 • 2004

Experimental research on low-cost cold gas propulsion for a space robot platform

Jan Kindracki, Karolina Tur, Przemysław Paszkiewicz, J. Mężyk, Łukasz Boruc, P. Wolański

Citations: 32 • 2016

High power MPD thruster development at the NASA Glenn Research Center

Michael R. LaPointe, Pavlos Mikellides

Citations: 30 • 2001

500-A LaB6 Hollow cathode for high power electric thrusters

Giulia Becatti, Dan M. Goebel

Citations: 22 • 2022

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

A high power ion thruster for deep space missions

James E. Polk, Dan M. Goebel, John Snyder, Analyn Schneider, Lee Johnson, Anita Sengupta

Citations: 18 • 2012

Automated Integrated Robotic Systems for Diagnostics and Test of Electric and Micropropulsion Thrusters

Jian Wei Mark Lim, Shiyong Huang, Luxiang Xu, Jen S. Yee, Roysmond Z. W. Sim, Zhonglin Zhang, Igor Levchenko, Shuyan Xu

Citations: 16 • 2018

Asteroid Retrieval Mission Concept - Trailblazing Our Future in Space and Helping to Protect Us from Earth Impactors

Daniel D. Mazanek, John R. Brohpy, Raymond G. Merrill

Citations: 16 • 2013

Automated Design of Propellant-Optimal, Low-Thrust Trajectories for Trojan Asteroid Tours

Jeffrey Stuart, Kathleen C. Howell, Roby S. Wilson

Citations: 13 • 2014

A Titan mission using the Direct Fusion Drive

Marco Gajeri, Paolo Aime, Roman Ya. Kezerashvili

Citations: 12 • 2020

NEXT-C Flight Ion System Status

Jack Fisher

Citations: 12 • 2020

Radioisotope electric propulsion (REP): A near-term approach to nuclear propulsion

G. Schmidt, David Manzella, Hani Kamhawi, Tibor Kremic, Steven R. Oleson, John Dankanich, Leonard Dudzinski

Citations: 11 • 2009

Design issues for propulsion systems using metallized propellants

Bryan Palaszewski, DOUGLAS RAPP

Citations: 11 • 1991

Cryogenic Propellant Storage and Transfer (CPST) Technology Demonstration For Long Duration In-Space Missions

Michaël Meyer, Susan M. Motil, Trudy F. Kortes, William J. Taylor, Patrick McRight

Citations: 9 • 2012

Robotic planetary science missions enabled with small NTR engine/stage technologies

Stanley K. Borowski

Citations: 9 • 1995

On-chip porous silicon microthruster for robotic platforms

Wayne A. Churaman, Christopher Morris, Luke J. Currano, Sarah Bergbreiter

Citations: 8 • 2013

Plume Performance of Electrodeless Plasmoid Electromagnetic Propulsion

Xixuan Liu, Xinfeng Sun, Ning Guo, Xiaodong Wen

Citations: 6 • 2022

Overview of NASA's Electric Propulsion Development Activities for Robotic Science Missions

Eric Pencil, Todd Peterson, David J. Anderson, John Dankanich

Citations: 6 • 2011

Benefits of Nuclear Electric Propulsion to Outer Planets Exploration

Les Johnson, J. JONES, Larry Kos, Ann Trausch, R. Linsy Farris, Gordon Woodcock

Citations: 5 • 2002

Space robot active collision avoidance maneuver under thruster failure

Yongqiang Qi, Di Tang, Jian Wang

Citations: 5 • 2017