Welcome to the new webpage of the ERC-ZARATHUSTRA project.
While it is still under work, you can already find information about the project and the team using the menu at the top of the page. Enjoy!
Welcome to the new webpage of the ERC-ZARATHUSTRA project.
While it is still under work, you can already find information about the project and the team using the menu at the top of the page. Enjoy!
Aerospace America featured ZARATHUSTRA in a highlight list of projects that pushed the limits of electric propulsion during 2025. ZARATHUSTRA figures among projects from NASA, the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency, and other European and American universities for...
Célian Boyé successfully defended his PhD thesis "Magnetic arch electrodeless plasma thruster experimental investigation".His thesis was central to ZARATHUSTRA as throughout the project's lifetime, he developed the Magnetic Art Thruster. The thruster consists of two...
Sacha Huot, visiting Master student from Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, presented his MSc thesis carried out in the context of ZARATHUSTRA. His thesis contributed to the experimental characterization of the plasma plume generated by our electron cyclotron...