In-depth research into the physics of a new type of plasma rockets for space missions and revolutionising their design. This is the aim of ZARATHUSTRA, a European ERC Starting Grant research project at the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) that aims to develop a new aerospace technology and whose results could also be applied in other fields,...
Thank you for your interest in the secpho's diving session "New Space, a new environment for deep tech" that we celebrated on 16 March 2021.During the webinar, Alter Technology described their vision of quality in the New Space, while ALBA Synchrotron explained how they are driving innovation in the sector. IMASENIC presented its customised...
5th Workshop of the Network for Ultraviolet Astronomy
Mario Merino, from EP2 UC3M group has been recently awarded ERC Starting Grant Project ZARATHUSTRA.
This is the Spanish plasma motor: cheap propulsion for space research.
On March 30th 2020, MARTINLARA Project has been presented at SPIE Photonics Europe 2020. The conference proceedings are available for download in our Outreach section.
On March 28th 2020, the final version of the MARTINLARA Mission Requirements Document (MDR) was released by the Consortium.
The project is co-financed by:
