Our team hosts Luis Chacon

Our team hosts Luis Chacon

During the week of January 22-28, 2024, the ZARATHUSTRA team hosted Dr. Luis Chacón, Senior Scientist, at the Theoretical Division of Los Álamos National Laboratory (LANL). This visit deepens and extends the ongoing collaboration with Luis on time-implicit,...
Davide Maddaloni’s research stay at ONERA

Davide Maddaloni’s research stay at ONERA

Davide Maddaloni performed a research internship at ONERA Palaiseau in October-December 2023, under the supervision of Victor Desangles and Federico Boni. He used an array of fast plasma probes to characterize the oscillations in the magnetic nozzle of ONERA’s...
ZARATHUSTRA PI awarded 2023 Young Researchers Medal

ZARATHUSTRA PI awarded 2023 Young Researchers Medal

On November 21, 2023 the Royal Academy of Engineering (Real Academia de Ingeniería) issued the Young Researcher Medal to Mario Merino, PI of the ZARATHUSTRA Project. The medal recognizes his outstanding contributions to the design, modeling, simulation, and testing of...
Our team at the 1st Electric Propulsion Summer School

Our team at the 1st Electric Propulsion Summer School

Matteo Ripoli and Borja Bayón attended the 1st Electric Propulsion Summer School, organized be the European Space Agency Noordwijk, Netherlands during October 10-12, 2023. The 3-day Summer School was the perfect opportunity to learn more about plasma propulsion, the...