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NASA’s Lunar Flashlight Ready to Search for Lunar Ice
Set for a November launch, the small satellite mission will use lasers to search for water ice inside the darkest craters at the Moon's South Pole. The Moon's poles offer a tantalizing opportunity for human explorers: There may be reservoirs of water ice there that...
Virgin Orbit Presents Flag Launched into Space
This Flag was flown onboard the successful "Straight Up" Satellite Launch Mission Launch Date: July 1, 2022 Customers: United States Space Force and Department of Defense Space Test Program
300th thruster tested!
Solna, Sweden - Jun 29,2022 Today, Wednesday 29th of June, ECAPS test team completed hot fire testing of our 300th thruster at our test facility in Grindsjön Sweden. The 300th thruster was a 1N thruster which will be delivered to one of our many customers of our...
NASA Marshall Team Delivers Tiny, Powerful ‘Lunar Flashlight’ Propulsion System
Engineers at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, have built some of the largest rocket engines ever to light up the icy reaches of space. Now Marshall and its commercial partners have delivered one of the smallest propulsion systems in its...
Emerging Green Propellant Technologies for SmallSATS
Presentation on Emerging Green Propellant Technologies for SmallSATS
The US Air Force’s Wind Tunnel 9 is in high demand for testing at Mach 18
Hypervelocity Wind Tunnel 9 at the Arnold Engineering Development Complex in White Oak, Maryland is in high demand after a recent upgrade that has enabled it to recreate flows at speeds of Mach 18, the US Air Force has said. High hypersonic vehicle testing at speeds...
Plasma Processes Receives Recognition from Northrop Grumman
Northrop Grumman Defense Systems, Allegany Ballistics Laboratory is pleased to identify Plasma Processes LLC as a top performing supplier in 2020. We would like to thank you and your employees for their outstanding support. Unfortunately we are all working through...
Plasma Processes Receives Recognition from SpaceX
On May 30th 2020, SpaceX launched NASA Astronauts Robert Behnken and Doug Hurley aboard the SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule on a Falcon rocket from Launch Pad 39-A in Florida as part of the NASA Commercial Crew program. This launch marked the return of a human launch...
NASA CubeSat Will Shine a Laser Light on the Moon’s Darkest Craters
This artist's concept shows the briefcase-sized Lunar Flashlight spacecraft using its near-infrared lasers to shine light into shaded polar regions on the Moon to look for water ice. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech As astronauts explore the Moon during the...
Plasma Processes’ Hardware on NASA’s Green Propellant Infusion Mission
NASA's Green Propellant Infusion Mission (GPIM) has officially been commissioned and began on-orbit testing of a non-toxic, high-performance propellant. GPIM launched on June 25, 2019 on board a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket. The...