NASA has signed an agreement with Houston-based Ad Astra Rocket Co. that paves the way for commercialization of a promising advanced plasma rocket system that has evolved over the past 25 years. The ...

A modern-day explorer who made his discoveries by rocket ship is saluting some of his pioneering predecessors, the first English colonists, who traveled by wooden ships almost 400 years ago. Retired ...

At first glance, the most impressive thing about Franklin Chang-Diaz is his space flight experience. Having traveled 22 million miles over 1,269 hours on six shuttle missions, Chang-Diaz has logged ...

NASA is celebrating an anniversary. The space agency officially opened its doors 60 years ago on Oct. 1, 1958. Franklin Chang-Diaz flew seven... Space Shuttle Missions Remembered During NASA's ...

Houston-based Ad Astra Rocket Company, which grew out of in-house research into Variable Specific Impulse Magnetoplasma Rocket (VASIMR) technology conducted at Johnson Space Center by seven-time ...

NASA and Ad Astra Rocket Co., a Houston-based company, have agreed to collaborate on development of the Variable Specific Impulse Magnetoplasma Rocket (VASIMR) technology pioneered by space shuttle ...

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