News

NASA Supports High-Tech Demos, 7/13/10
Ad Astra Ponders Vasimr Mission To Asteroid, 6/18/10
Vasimr Prototype Makes New Strides, 6/16/10
Plasma rocket could revolutionize space travel, 6/1/10
Nautel's RF Generator for Ad Astra, 5/13/10
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
For NASA no easy answer for next space destination, 2/23/10
Executive Summary, 1/24/10
AARC and MEI Technologies, Inc. form Strategic Alliance, 1/14/10
Franklin Chang Díaz elected to Cummins Board of Directors , 12/8/09
We made the New York Times! 10/27/09
Challenges of Plasma Engine, 10/25/09, in Spanish in La Nacion
VX-200 reaches 200 kW, 9/30/09
Plasma Engine passes ground tests, 10/2/09, in Spanish in La Nacion
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
Out of This World, AARP SegundaJuventad, July 2009
VX-200 demonstrates superconducting first stage at full power, 7/2/09
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
Ready for the final Earth test (in Spanish) 5/31/09
VX-200 superconducting magnet delivered, accepted, 03/06/09
NASA Administrator Hails Agreement with Ad Astra, 12/17/08
NASA and AARC sign Agreement for VASIMR flight test, 12/12/08
VX-200 first stage achieves full power, 10/24/08 (in Spanish in La Nacion)
Plasma rocket may be tested at ISS, Discovery News, 08/07/08
NASA administrator mentions VASIMR testing at ISS , MSNBC, 07/30/08
AARC - CORAAL agreement, 05/09/08
ATK - AARC Alliance, 03/26/08
First phase of construction of the plasma engine, La Nacion, 03/06/08
Status and Schedule, 03/04/08
Agreement with NASA signed, 12/10/07
Interview, Cedar Wings, 11/16/07
Last plasma at NASA, 10/2/07
To Mars & Beyond, Tech.Rev, 9/25/07
First commercial contract, 8/21/07
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
Achieving record plasma, 6/12/07
Helicon milestone in CR, 6/12/07
Nautel collaborating with AARC, 5/5/07
Sen. Nelson visits AARC CR, Aldia (also in La Nacion, 2/18/07, 2/19/07)
2006 milestones & 2007 goals, 1/30/07
Plasma created in Costa Rica, 12/15/06
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