Engineers developed an engine prototype which could reach unprecedented speeds, cutting down interplanetary travel time.

Egor Biriulin, who works at Rosatom’s scientific institute in Troitsk, explained to a Russian newspaper per Gizmodo that this engine can speed up particles to an incredible 100 kilometers per second.

Russian scientists have unveiled a groundbreaking plasma engine that could revolutionize space travel, potentially reducing ...

A prototype electric plasma rocket engine capable of significantly increasing thrust and efficiency has been unveiled by ...

The scientists at Rosatom have successfully developed a laboratory prototype of a plasma electric rocket engine based on a magnetic plasma accelerator. The engine demonstrates enhanced thrust ...

Moscow: In what could come as a giant leap in spacecraft technology, Russia is working on a new plasma-based rocket engine system which might cut travel time to Mars from existing 7 months to just one ...

was developed in the Laboratory of Plasma Rocket Engines at MEPhI and is the best in Russia among engines of this class in terms of dimensions, weight, energy efficiency and safety in operation.

Russia's state-owned Rosatom announced a prototype plasma engine which could speed up travel to other planets.