Last month a Hydrex team replaced the bow thruster of a 191-meter roro ship during the vessel’s stop in Rotterdam. Using one of the company’s workboats, the diver/technicians carried out the operation ...
Watching a cruise ship slide sideways into a berth looks effortless, but it is a careful balance of thrust, hydrodynamics, and control. This explains how bow thrusters, twin propellers, and rudders ...
A ground test of the Microwave Electrothermal Thruster (MET) successfully demonstrated on the Vigoride-5 vehicle. Credit: Momentus WASHINGTON — In-space transportation company Momentus announced March ...
A Phase Four electric thruster using xenon propellant. The company won an Air Force contract to test a version of that thruster that uses iodine as propellant. Credit: Phase Four WASHINGTON — Phase ...