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 the development of the magnetic arch thruster.
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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...
Our team had a very strong presence in this year's European Researchers Night, representing 25% of the entire University's activities! The four interactive activities were designed to share the principles of plasma physics and electric propulsion in an interesting and...