2022 Archives
Recent Progress on the VASIMR® Engine IEPC-2022
Plasma-Surface Interactions Within Helicon Plasma Sources
2021 Archives
Steady-State Testing in the VASIMR® VX-200SSTM Project
2020 Archives
Development and Testing of a 120 kW RF Power Processing Unit for the VASIMR® System
2019 Archives
Steady-state Testing at 100 kW in the VASIMR® VX-200SSTM Project
2018 Archives
Enhancing VASIMR® with Maturing Technologies
The Hydrogen role of decarbonization in Costa Rica: techno-economic aspects (2018)
2017 Archives
Costa Rica Hydrogen Transportation Ecosystem (2017)
2016 Archives
Advances in Duration Testing of the VASIMR® VX-200SS System,AIAA JPC P&E Presentation (2016)
Advances in Duration Testing of the VASIMR® VX-200SS System, AIAA JPC P&E Paper (2016)
An aspiration with great possibilities for Costa Rica, From oil to Hydrogen (2016)
2015 Archives
2014 Archives
Development toward a spaceflight capable VASIMR® engine and SEP applications, AIAA Space (2014)
Using VASIMR® for the Proposed Europa Mission, AIAA Space (2014)
2013 Archives
VASIMR® Spaceflight Engine System Mass Study and Scaling with Power, IEPC (2013)
An Experimental Study of Plasma Detachment from a Magnetic Nozzle in the VASIMR® Plume, IEPC (2013)
VASIMR® Solar Powered Missions for NEA Retrieval and NEA Deflection IEPC (2013)
A Plan to Study the Radiated Emissions from a VASIMR® Engine Exhaust Plume, IEPC (2013)
The ISS Space Plasma Laboratory: A Proposed Electric Propulsion On-Orbit Workbench, IEPC (2013)
Measurement of the Dielectric Wall Erosion in Helicon Plasma Thrusters, IEPC (2013)
VASIMR® VX-CR Experiment: Status, Diagnostics and Plasma Plume Characterization, IEPC (2013)
Plasma Adiabaticity in a Diverging Magnetic Nozzle, IEPC (2013)
Fast and Robust Human Missions to Mars with Advanced NEP-VASIMR Propulsion, NETS (2013)
2012 Archives
VX-200 Improved Throttling Range, JPC (2012)
A Survey of Missions using VASIMR for Flexible Space Exploration (Part 2), JSC-66428 (2012)
2011 Archives
VASIMR: Deep Space Transportation for the 21st Century, AIAA SPACE (2011)
VX-200 Performance Measurements and Helicon Throttle Tables Using Ar & Kr, IEPC (2011)
The VX-CR Experiment: A Thermal and Lifetime Testbed for the VASIMR Engine, IEPC (2011)
VX-200 Performance Results Exceeding 50% Thruster Efficiency, J of Propulsion and Power (2011)
VASIMR Human Mission to Mars, SPESIF (2011)
Performance studies of the VX-200, AIAA ASME (2011)
2010 Archives
Performance Measurements and Technology Demonstration of the VX-200, AIAA SPACE (2010)
VASIMR Performance Results, JPC (2010)
A Survey of Missions using VASIMR for Flexible Space Exploration, JSC-65825 (2010)
2009 Archives
Ambipolar Ion Acceleration in the Expanding Magnetic Nozzle of the VASIMR VX-200i, JPC (2009)
VASIMR Technological Advances, JPC (2009)
Hall Thruster and VASIMR VX-100 Force measurements using a Plasma Momentum Flux Sensor, AIAA (2009)
2008 Archives
VASIMR Performance Measurements, ISGLP (2008)
Electromagnetic ion cyclotron resonance heating in the VASIMR, Advances in Space Research (2008)
2007 Archives
Global Modeling of Magnetized Capacitive Discharges, IEEE Trans Plas Sci (2007)
Projected Lunar Cargo, IEPC (2007)
High Power VASIMR Experiments, IEPC (2007)
Developing the VASIMR Engine, Central American Today (2007)
High Power Ion Cyclotron Heating In the VASIMR Engine, AIAA (2007)
2006 Archives
Combined rf and transport effects, J of Applied Physics (2006)
Improvements in Ionization Cost, AIAA (2006)
2005 Archives
Ion Acceleration in VASIMR, IEPC (2005)
Plasma Detachment in a Magnetic Nozzle, Physics of Plasmas (2005)
Plasma Heating Simulation in VASIMR, AIAA (2005)
2004 Archives
The use of RF waves in space propulsion systems, Bulletin of Radio Science (2004)
2002 Archives
Simulations of Plasma Detachment in VASIMR, AIAA (2002)
Comparing Experiments with Modeling for Light Ion Helicon Plasma Sources Physics of Plasmas (2002)
2000 Archives
The VASIMR Rocket Scientific American (2000)
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