Vasimr Engine Achieves Performance Milestone

HOUSTON — Ad Astra Rocket Co. has achieved a new performance record for the VX-200, the propulsion pioneer’s lab-based prototype for a flight-test version of the Variable Specific Impulse Magnetoplasma Rocket (Vasimr). The VF-200 flight version is in line for a perch on the International Space...

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