Read more: The 10 Most Iconic Airplanes In Aviation History, Ranked NASA's ion thrusters work through what is known as the Hall effect. Rather than use a chemical process to create propulsion ...

Let’s take a look at how ion thrusters work, and some of their ... thrusters will be installed on NASA’s Psyche spacecraft. Credit: NASA, public domain Gridded ion thrusters have seen plenty ...

Space startup Exodus Propulsion Technologies claims to have achieved a breakthrough, stumbling upon an entirely new force of nature that could power thrusters that don't need propellant to work.