Ad Astra’s NASA-Backed Plasma Rocket Development Continues

Mark Carreau August 11, 2023

A multi MW deep-space Concept Vehicle powered by the VASIMR.

Credit: Ad Astra Rocket Company
Working under two recent NASA contracts, Houston-based Ad Astra Rocket Company is moving ahead with efforts to raise the technology readiness level (TRL) of its long-in-development Variable Specific Impulse Magnetoplasma Rocket (VASIMR) for a future in-space demonstration. Under Small Business...
Mark Carreau

Mark is based in Houston, where he has written on aerospace for more than 25 years. While at the Houston Chronicle, he was recognized by the Rotary National Award for Space Achievement Foundation in 2006 for his professional contributions to the public understanding of America's space program through news reporting.

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