In the News

Ad Astra Scouts Role In Future Deep Space, Orbital Ventures, Aviation Week, 1/14/13

Ad Astra Reaches Plasma Propulsion Milestones, Aviation Week, 7/30/12

Ad Astra Eyes SpaceX Commercial Model For Deep Space, Aviation Week, 6/6/12

Franklin Chang Díaz joins US Astronaut Hall of Fame, 1/27/12

NASA working on nuclear rocket for manned Mars trips, 11/15/11

Mr. Inside, 8/1/11

Facts About the VASIMR Engine and its Development, 7/15/11

Former Astronaut Develops Powerful Rocket, 6/15/11

Gasoline for exploration (in Italian) Le Scienze (2011)

From Webster to Mars, 12/14/10

Plasma Engine Could Take Astronauts to Mars, Popular Science, 11/1/10

Plasma Engine: Mars in 39 Days (in French), 8/1/10

NASA Supports High-Tech Demos, 7/13/10

Ad Astra Ponders Vasimr Mission To Asteroid, 6/18/10

Plasma rocket could revolutionize space travel, 6/1/10

Nautel's RF Generator for Ad Astra, 5/13/10

Plasma Rocket May Shorten Space Voyages, 5/4/10

Just 39 days to Mars, 4/19/10

Statement by NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver about VASIMR operation on ISS, 3/10/10

NASA could buy plasma engine for station reboost services, 3/9/10

Travel to Mars in 39 Days?, 2/26/10

A Faster Journey to Mars, New York Times, 10/27/09 (also Popular Science)

21st Century Rocket, Seed, 9/29/09

Ion engine could power 39-day trips to Mars, NewScientist, 7/22/09

A hot rod for the solar system, Aerospace America, July 2009

Why support Franklin Chang?, 6/9/09

Rockets For The Red Planet, 6/3/09

VASIMR is one of the Top Ten Aerospace Emerging Technologies, 6/1/09

NASA Administrator Hails Agreement with Ad Astra, 12/17/08

Plasma rocket may be tested at ISS, Discovery News, 08/07/08

NASA administrator mentions VASIMR testing at ISS , MSNBC, 07/30/08

Interview, Cedar Wings, 11/16/07

To Mars & Beyond, Tech.Rev, 9/25/07

Space Ind to CR, Hou.Chron, 7/28/07

AARC Goes Postal, 7/13/07

Warp Speed, Beach Times, 6/22/07

A successful test, 6/14/07

Nautel collaborating with AARC, 5/5/07

Sen. Nelson visits AARC CR, Aldia (also in La Nacion, 2/18/07, 2/19/07)

Business of the year award, 10/1/06

Plasma Engines, 9/01/06

Big Boost in CR, 7/21/06

Earth to Mars in 39 Days? 7/1/06

NASA Salute Early Settlers, 6/21/06

Open to regional investors, 6/4/06

SAA NASA, 1/23/06

The Asteroid Tugboat Scientific American, 11/01/03