Morning Overview on MSN

NASA fires up a lithium-fed thruster at 120 kilowatts — the most powerful electric engine the agency has ever tested for Mars

On Feb. 24, 2026, inside a vacuum chamber at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, a prototype thruster ...
Nasdaq

Phase Four Partners with Redwire to Expand Space Propulsion Offerings and Deliver Hall Effect Thrusters

HAWTHORNE, Calif., July 9, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Phase Four, a leading provider of next generation electric propulsion solutions for satellites, proudly announces the signing of a strategic cooperation ...
Aviation Week

Phase Four Says Its RF Thruster Matches Hall-Effect Performance

Phase Four says it has built and tested a next-generation radio-frequency thruster for spacecraft that equals the performance of a Hall-effect thruster. The achievement, demonstrated over several ...