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1924 film
The Thruster (French:L'arriviste) is a 1924 French silent film directed by André Hugon and starring Pierre Blanchar, Jeanne Helbling and Ginette Maddie
The_Thruster
Form of electric spacecraft propulsion
An ion thruster, ion drive, or ion engine is a form of electric propulsion used for spacecraft propulsion. An ion thruster creates a cloud of positive
Ion_thruster
Type of electric propulsion system
a Hall-effect thruster (HET, sometimes referred to as a Hall thruster or Hall-current thruster) is a type of ion thruster in which the propellant is accelerated
Hall-effect_thruster
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up thruster or thrusters in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Thruster may refer to: A thruster is a propulsive device used by spacecraft and watercraft
Thruster
Steerable propulsion pod under a watercraft
An azimuth thruster is a configuration of marine propellers placed in pods that can be rotated to any horizontal angle (azimuth), making a rudder redundant
Azimuth_thruster
Transverse or steerable propulsion device in a watercraft
Maneuvering thrusters (bow thrusters and stern thrusters) are transversal propulsion devices built into or mounted to either the bow or stern (front or
Maneuvering_thruster
Form of electrically powered spacecraft propulsion
magnetoplasmadynamic (MPD) thruster (MPDT) is a form of electrically powered spacecraft propulsion which uses the Lorentz force (the force on a charged particle
Magnetoplasmadynamic_thruster
Type of electric propulsion
plasma. This is in contrast with ion thruster engines, which generate thrust through extracting an ion current from the plasma source, which is then accelerated
Plasma_propulsion_engine
Spacecraft propulsion device
Magnetoplasmadynamic thruster, electric propulsion using the Lorentz force Pulsed inductive thruster, a pulsed form of ion thruster Pulsed plasma thruster, using current
Thrusters_(spacecraft)
give the robot movement and maneuverability against sea water resistance. The main difference between underwater thrusters and marine thrusters is the ability
Underwater_thruster
Device claimed to be a propellantless spacecraft thruster
cavity thruster. Physicists and engineers generally regard the EmDrive concept as pseudoscience. Neither person who claims to have invented the EmDrive
EmDrive
Rocket engines for maneuvering
vernier thruster is a rocket engine used on a spacecraft or launch vehicle for fine adjustments to the attitude or velocity. Depending on the design of
Vernier_thruster
Space propulsion system
The gridded ion thruster is a common design for ion thrusters, a highly efficient low-thrust spacecraft propulsion method running on electrical power
Gridded_ion_thruster
List of ships with the same or similar names
the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Thruster: HMS Thruster (1917) was a R-class destroyer launched in 1917 and broken up in 1937. HMS Thruster (F131)
HMS_Thruster
Propulsion system creating motion without propellant
EmDrive and Cannae drive, the helical engine, Mach-effect or MEGA drives, quantum drive claims, and the quantum vacuum thruster. No reactionless drive has
Reactionless_drive
Class of hypothetical megastructures
stellar engines have been defined. One of the simplest examples of a stellar engine is the Shkadov thruster (named after Dr. Leonid Shkadov, who first
Stellar_engine
Type of spacecraft propulsion using electrical energy to accelerate propellant
and colloid thrusters; electromagnetic devices such as pulsed plasma thrusters, magnetoplasmadynamic thrusters, and pulsed inductive thrusters; and electrothermal
Spacecraft electric propulsion
Spacecraft_electric_propulsion
Electric propulsion unit for ships
The rim-driven thruster, also known as rim-driven propulsor/propeller (or RDP) is a novel type of electric propulsion unit for ships. The concept was
Rim-driven_thruster
Proposed spacecraft propulsion method
the hydrogen is compressed until thermonuclear fusion occurs, which provides thrust to counter the drag created by the funnel and energy to power the
Bussard_ramjet
American actor, musician (born 1981)
musician, forming the rock band Late Bloomers with his friends in 1998. He has been in the Boulder-based punk bands Thruster and The Light on Adam's Stereo
Brian_Bonsall
Device on a marine vehicle for producing directed hydrodynamic thrust
thrusters and propulsion thrusters ranging from Azimuth thrusters to Rim Drive thrusters. Positioning thrusters come in applications, Bow thrusters at
Marine_thruster
Ion thruster subtype
A colloid thruster (or electrospray thruster) is a type of low thrust electric propulsion rocket engine that uses electrostatic acceleration of charged
Colloid_thruster
Hall-effect ion thruster
SPT-100 is a Hall-effect ion thruster, part of the SPT-family of thrusters. SPT stands for Stationary Plasma Thruster. It creates a stream of electrically
SPT-100
Line of hypergolic liquid rocket engines by SpaceX
Draco and SuperDraco. The original Draco thruster is a small rocket engine for use on the Dragon spacecraft. SuperDraco uses the same storable (non-cryogenic)
SpaceX_Draco
Topics referred to by the same term
M-Drive or M-Thruster or variation may refer to: Magnetohydrodynamic drive, MHD drive usually used to propel watercraft Magnetoplasmadynamic thruster, MPD thruster
M_Drive
The electrodeless plasma thruster is a spacecraft propulsion engine commercialized under the acronym "E-IMPAcT" for "Electrodeless-Ionization Magnetized
Electrodeless_plasma_thruster
Spacecraft propulsion technology
announced the first successful RAM-EP prototype on-ground demonstration in March 2018. An ABEP is composed by an intake and an electric thruster: rarefied
Atmosphere-breathing electric propulsion
Atmosphere-breathing_electric_propulsion
Type of rocket engine
A cold gas thruster (or a cold gas propulsion system) is a type of rocket engine which uses the expansion of a (typically inert) pressurized gas to generate
Cold_gas_thruster
British ultralight aircraft
The Thruster T600 Sprint is a British ultralight aircraft, designed and produced by Thruster Air Services of Langworth, Lincolnshire and introduced in
Thruster_T600_Sprint
Spacecraft thrusters used to provide attitude control and translation
A reaction control system (RCS) is a spacecraft system that uses thrusters to provide attitude control and translation. Alternatively, reaction wheels
Reaction_control_system
Space propulsion system, a gridded electrostatic ion thruster
The NASA Evolutionary Xenon Thruster (NEXT) project at Glenn Research Center is a gridded electrostatic ion thruster about three times as powerful as the
NEXT_(ion_thruster)
Australian surfer (born 1954)
writer. He is credited with the 1980 invention of a three-fin surfboard design, called the "thruster". Anderson grew up in the Northern Beaches area of Sydney
Simon_Anderson
Type of propulsion for spacecraft
pulsed plasma thruster (PPT) or as a plasma jet engine (PJE), is a form of electric spacecraft propulsion. PPTs are generally considered the simplest form
Pulsed_plasma_thruster
Russian-made Hall effect xenon ion spacecraft thruster
Hall-effect ion thruster, part of the SPT-family of thrusters. SPT stands for Stationary Plasma Thruster. Like other members of the SPT series, it creates
SPT-140
Branded fitness regimen
combining elements of gymnastics with weightlifting. The workout he created, called Fran, added thrusters (a combination of front squat and push press) to
CrossFit
Spacecraft propulsion system by NASA. 50kW Hall-effect thrusters, now for Lunar Gateway
Hall-effect thrusters for maneuverability, which can be supported by chemical monopropellant thrusters for high-thrust attitude control maneuvers. The AEPS will
Advanced Electric Propulsion System
Advanced_Electric_Propulsion_System
Prototype spacecraft propulsion engine
The helicon double-layer thruster is a prototype electric spacecraft propulsion. It was created by Australian scientist Christine Charles, based on a
Helicon_double-layer_thruster
Type of space propulsion using microwaves
Microwave electrothermal thruster, also known as MET, is a propulsion device that converts microwave energy (a type of electromagnetic radiation) into
Microwave electrothermal thruster
Microwave_electrothermal_thruster
Electrothermal thruster in development
The Variable Specific Impulse Magnetoplasma Rocket (VASIMR) is an electrothermal thruster under development for possible use in spacecraft propulsion
Variable Specific Impulse Magnetoplasma Rocket
Variable_Specific_Impulse_Magnetoplasma_Rocket
Type of spacecraft plasma propulsion system
A pulsed inductive thruster (PIT) is a form of ion thruster, used in spacecraft propulsion. It is a plasma propulsion engine using perpendicular electric
Pulsed_inductive_thruster
Method of spacecraft propulsion
be doubled in comparison to a cold gas thruster using the same propellant. In other words, a quadrupling of the temperature yields a doubling in specific
Resistojet_rocket
Destroyer of the Royal Navy
HMS Thruster was an R-class destroyer which served with the Royal Navy during the First World War. The R class were an improvement on the previous M class
HMS_Thruster_(1917)
American space company
announced the successful qualification of their 5 lbf (22 N) Saiph thruster. Using the propellants of nitrous oxide and ethane, the thruster achieved a
Impulse_Space
American aerospace propulsion manufacturer
on a new X3 ion thruster, which is a central part of the XR-100 system for the NextSTEP program. The X3 ion thruster was designed by the University of Michigan
Aerojet_Rocketdyne
HMS Thruster (F131) was a Mark I LST built by Harland and Wolff. Launched in September 1942 and commissioned the following March, she saw service as part
HMS_Thruster_(F131)
Rocket engines developed by SpaceX
developed the Raptor methane rocket engine and after 2020, a line of methalox thrusters. In the first ten years of SpaceX, led by engineer Tom Mueller, the company
SpaceX_rocket_engines
Helicopter tail system with no external tail rotor
the direct jet thruster. Advocates of NOTAR assert that the system offers quieter and safer operation than a traditional tail rotor. The use of directed
NOTAR
American rock band
Mercy Drive originates from the band Big Mother Thruster, founded by Corey Lane and Josh Lyons. Jimmy McGlothin joined the band after meeting Corey in
Mercy_Drive
American spacecraft propulsion company
The first US Hall thruster flown in space, Busek's BHT-200, was launched aboard the Air Force Research Laboratory's (AFRL) TacSat-2 satellite. The Busek
Busek
Method used to accelerate spacecraft
although a few have used electric propulsion such as ion thrusters and Hall-effect thrusters. Various technologies need to support everything from small
Spacecraft_propulsion
Type of electric spacecraft propulsion system
(FEEP) is an advanced electrostatic space propulsion concept, a form of ion thruster, that uses a liquid metal as a propellant – usually either caesium, indium
Field-emission electric propulsion
Field-emission_electric_propulsion
Mechanism where confined high-speed particles confer energy to a vehicle
rockets, photonic thrusters, and light sails. In contrast, a pulsed beam lends itself to ablative thrusters and pulse detonation engines. The rule of thumb
Beam-powered_propulsion
Proposed spacelaunch method
rocket thruster is enough to raise perigee if a design prioritizes minimizing such, but hybrid proposals optionally reduce requirements for the mass driver
Mass_driver
micrometer-size cathodic spots and the momentum from the plasma creates thrust for the vacuum arc thruster. Thus, whereas the insulator is used as propellant
Vacuum_arc_thruster
British homebuilt aircraft manufacturer
Thruster Air Services was a British aircraft manufacturer based in Langworth, Lincolnshire. The company specialized in the design and manufacture of ultralight
Thruster_Air_Services
Type of spacecraft propulsion system
thruster or other electrical spacecraft propulsion technology. The nuclear electric rocket terminology is slightly inconsistent, as technically the "rocket"
Nuclear_electric_rocket
Rocket driven by nuclear fusion power
methods such as ion thrusters require electric power to run but are highly efficient. In some cases their thrust is limited by the amount of power that
Fusion_rocket
NASA space probe launched in 1977
team successfully fired the spacecraft's trajectory correction maneuver (TCM) thrusters for the first time since 1980, enabling the mission to be extended
Voyager_1
American astronaut (1930–2012)
caused by a stuck thruster. During training for Armstrong's second and last spaceflight as commander of Apollo 11, he had to eject from the Lunar Landing
Neil_Armstrong
Calendar year
malfunction of its thrusters causes a temporary loss of control of the station, spinning it up to 45 degrees from its normal orbital attitude. The oil tanker
2021
Electrohydrodynamic aircraft propulsion
thruster rockets, the electrohydrodynamic principle does not apply in the vacuum of space. The thrust generated by an EHD device is an example of the
Ion-propelled_aircraft
Device using jets to propel the wearer
power armor feature. Grand Theft Auto Online added a jet pack called "Thruster" as a usable vehicle in a content update on December 12, 2017. Rocketeer
Jet_pack
Space propulsion system, electrostatic gridded ion thruster
The NASA Solar Technology Application Readiness (NSTAR) is a type of spacecraft ion thruster called electrostatic ion thruster. It is a highly efficient
NASA Solar Technology Application Readiness
NASA_Solar_Technology_Application_Readiness
Spaceflight in NASA's Gemini program
Maneuvering System (OAMS) thruster burn. The second adjustment was made near apogee of the second orbit, and raised both the apogee and perigee by adding
Gemini_8
Type of spacecraft electric propulsion system
An arcjet rocket or arcjet thruster is a form of electrically powered spacecraft propulsion, in which an electrical discharge (arc) is created in a flow
Arcjet_rocket
Rocket that uses a single propellant with a catalyst
power for the thruster comes from the high pressure gas created during the decomposition reaction that allows a rocket nozzle to speed up the gas to create
Monopropellant_rocket
Process of controlling orientation of an aerospace vehicle
setting the spacecraft spinning, using the gyroscopic action of the rotating spacecraft mass as the stabilizing mechanism. Propulsion system thrusters are
Spacecraft attitude determination and control
Spacecraft_attitude_determination_and_control
Electric drive azimuth thruster
azimuth thruster pod design, a marine propulsion unit consisting of a fixed pitch propeller mounted on a steerable gondola ("pod") containing the electric
Azipod
Type of electrostatic ion thruster
The Dual-Stage 4-Grid (DS4G) is an electrostatic ion thruster design developed by the European Space Agency, in collaboration with the Australian National
Dual-Stage_4-Grid
aerospace thrusters for small satellites, increasing the life of satellites and making them more affordable. The company builds gridded ion thrusters (NPT30)
ThrustMe
Conceptual rocket engine
past the nozzle is predominantly carried by the ions as they expand through the magnetic nozzle and beyond, and thus, function as an ion thruster. The construction
Direct_Fusion_Drive
Theoretical space propulsion system
The Nano electrokinetic thruster is a theoretical space propulsion system based on the principle of electro-osmosis (also electroosmotic flow). It allows
Nano_electrokinetic_thruster
Indian sailor and researcher
conducted academic research in the field of electric propulsion, with work involving plasma diagnostics and gridded ion thruster systems for small spacecraft
Mohammed_Asif_(sailor)
Type of rocket engine fuel
reaction control thrusters: Apollo command and service module RCS, Space Shuttle OMS and RCS; Ariane 5 EPS; Draco thrusters used by the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft
Hypergolic_propellant
Void between celestial bodies
begins the process of switching from steering with thrusters to maneuvering with aerodynamic control surfaces. The Kármán line, established by the Fédération
Outer_space
Proposed rocket propulsion mechanism
The lower the molecular weight of the exhaust (hydrogen having the lowest possible), the more efficient the motor can be. However, in this engine the
Nuclear_salt-water_rocket
Class of liquid rocket propellants
rockets with appropriate propellants. The major classes of rocket fuels are: A common fuel in small maneuvering thrusters is hydrazine. It is liquid at room
Nitrous_oxide_fuel_blend
Hypothetical propulsion systems for interstellar travel
difficulties with the production of the nano-tubes needed for it. Spacecraft propulsion Magnetoplasmadynamic thruster Pulsed plasma thruster Variable Specific
Theoretical spacecraft propulsion
Theoretical_spacecraft_propulsion
Rocket that burns 3 propellants at once or 2 fuels with an oxidizer, sequentially
tripropellant rocket is a rocket that uses three propellants, as opposed to the more common bipropellant rocket or monopropellant rocket designs, which use
Tripropellant_rocket
Type of electric motor based on attraction and repulsion of electric charge
on the attraction and repulsion of electric charge. An alternative type of electrostatic motor is the spacecraft electrostatic ion drive thruster where
Electrostatic_motor
engine Thor". ResearchGate. New Horizons official website article mentioning the thrust from the RTG AIAA meeting paper study comparing Poodle thrusters to
Radioisotope_rocket
Space propulsion method using Sun radiation
thruster. MTSAT-1R (Multi-Functional Transport Satellite)'s solar sail counteracts the torque produced by sunlight pressure on the solar array. The trim
Solar_sail
both cruise engines and/or thrusters for altitude and orbit control. It is not specified whether the given engine is the sole means of propulsion or
List of spacecraft with electric propulsion
List_of_spacecraft_with_electric_propulsion
Liquid form of rocket propellants
(2nd ed.), NASA Anflo, K.; Moore, S.; King, P. Expanding the ADN-based Monopropellant Thruster Family. 23rd Annual AIAA/USU Conference on Small Satellites
Liquid_rocket_propellant
Rocket with a motor that uses solid propellants
(fuel/oxidizer). The earliest rockets were solid-fuel rockets powered by gunpowder. The inception of gunpowder rockets in warfare can be credited to the medieval
Solid-propellant_rocket
English rock band
a rock disturbed by the thrusters of the Mars InSight Lander "Rolling Stones Rock", as announced by Robert Downey Jr. during the band's 22 August 2019
The_Rolling_Stones
Hypothetical spacecraft propulsion through continuous nuclear explosions for thrust
pulse propulsion Antimatter rocket Spacecraft electric propulsion Ion thruster Nuclear electric rocket Nuclear power in space Nuclear propulsion Nuclear
Nuclear_pulse_propulsion
British space startup
solid metal propellant. In June 2025, Magdrive launched its first two thrusters into orbit in collaboration with D-Orbit. Magdrive was founded in 2019
Magdrive
Load bearing cable connecting objects in space
tethers, including the improved versions listed here, but these are currently tracked on radar and have predictable orbits. Although thrusters could be used
Space_tether
Technology Company
powered spaceplanes. Although the company demonstrated operation of a prototype thruster with an end-to-end (grid to thruster) sequence of operation of an
Escape_Dynamics
Space navigation technique
which makes use of the relative movement (e.g. orbit around the Sun) and gravity of a planet or other astronomical object to alter the path and speed of
Gravity_assist
The UFO HeliThruster is a two-seat autogyro designed and built by Ultimate Flying Options of New Zealand. The HeliThruster was first flown in 1993 and
UFO_HeliThruster
Class of partially reusable crew capsules
the capsule's thrusters malfunctioned on approach to the ISS, and NASA concluded that it was too risky to return its astronauts to Earth aboard the spacecraft
Boeing_Starliner
Physical and science fiction concept
Anti-gravity is the concept of a force that would exactly oppose the force of gravity. Under the known laws of physics, anti-gravity is not possible. Experimental
Anti-gravity
Season American competition reality television show Ultimate Beastmaster
triangle from Season 2 is the form of the Point Thrusters, but meanwhile in addition to the normal Point Thrusters, a new Mega Thruster has been added, which
Ultimate_Beastmaster_season_3
Monopropellant
hydrazine monopropellant for use in spacecraft's attitude control and thruster systems. It was derived from an earlier, similar formulation which came
Cavea-B
First crewed launch of the Boeing Starliner
in New Mexico, although it experienced a thruster failure that left the capsule without fault tolerance. The astronauts rode down aboard SpaceX Crew-9
Boeing_Crew_Flight_Test
Aerospace company (e. 2022)
produces hardware for small satellites, to include thrusters and propellants. Dawn aerospace has provided the propulsion to Pixxel, an Indian-based space organization
Dawn_Aerospace
Rocket engine that uses liquid fuels and oxidizers
(OMS) engines and Reaction control system (RCS) thrusters. SpaceX's Draco and SuperDraco engines for the Dragon spacecraft. For storable ICBMs and most
Liquid-propellant_rocket
Theoretical spacecraft propulsion system
inbound to receive fuel from the depot. Solar-thermal monoprop hydrogen thrusters are also integral to the design of the next-generation cryogenic upper
Solar_thermal_rocket
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Girl/Female
Hindu
Gift of God
Girl/Female
Greek American
Goddess; godly. Also as abbreviation of names like Althea and Dorothea. The mythological Thea was...
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian, Malayalam, Modern, Tamil
Nil
Male
English
English surname transferred to forename use, derived from the Middle English word tye, TYE means "pasture."
Female
Vietnamese
Vietnamese name THU means "autumn."
Female
Greek
 Short form of Greek and Latin Dorothea, THEA means "gift of God." Compare with another form of Thea.
Boy/Male
Native American
Rock.
Male
English
Short form of English Theodore, THEO means "gift of God," and other names beginning with Theo-.
Female
English
 Pet form of English Theodora, THEA means "gift of God." Compare with another form of Thea.
Male
Native American
Native American Navajo name TSE means "rock."
Boy/Male
English
From the enclosure.
Female
Vietnamese
Vietnamese name THI means "poem."
Boy/Male
Greek American German
God given.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : status name from Middle English thewe ‘thrall’, ‘slave’ (Old English þēow).
Girl/Female
Finnish, German, Greek
Gift of God
Boy/Male
Arthurian Legend American Hebrew Spanish
Arthur's brother.
Surname or Lastname
English (mainly East Anglia)
English (mainly East Anglia) : topographic name for someone who lived by a common pasture, Middle English tye (Old English tēag).North German : from a short form, Tide, of the personal name Dietrich.
Female
German
Pet form of German Kätharina, KÄTHE means "pure."
Surname or Lastname
English (Yorkshire)
English (Yorkshire) : variant of Tye.
Girl/Female
Greek
Untamed.
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