{"id":56217,"date":"2025-12-01T09:36:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T08:36:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nae.fr\/2025\/12\/01\/how-ai-is-making-spacecraft-propulsion-more-efficient\/"},"modified":"2025-12-01T09:36:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T08:36:07","slug":"how-ai-is-making-spacecraft-propulsion-more-efficient","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nae.fr\/en\/2025\/12\/01\/how-ai-is-making-spacecraft-propulsion-more-efficient\/","title":{"rendered":"How AI is making spacecraft propulsion more efficient"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote>\n<div class=\"info-article\">\n<div class=\"title-hat pl-0\">\n<div class=\"info-article\">\n<div class=\"title-hat pl-0\">\n<div class=\"row mx-0\">\n<div class=\"info-article\">\n<div class=\"title-hat pl-0\">\n<div class=\"info-article\">\n<div class=\"title-hat pl-0\">\n<div class=\"page__summary\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"entry\">\n\nEvery year, companies and space agencies launch hundreds of rockets into space, and that number is set to grow dramatically with ambitious missions to the Moon, Mars and beyond. But these dreams hinge on one critical challenge: propulsion.\n\nTo make interplanetary travel faster, safer, and more efficient, scientists need breakthroughs in propulsion technology. Artificial intelligence is one type of technology that has begun to provide some of these necessary breakthroughs.\n\nWe\u2019re\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/campus.und.edu\/directory\/marcos.fernandeztous\">a team of engineers and graduate students<\/a>\u00a0who are studying how AI in general, and a subset of AI called\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mitsloan.mit.edu\/ideas-made-to-matter\/machine-learning-explained\">machine learning<\/a>\u00a0in particular, can transform spacecraft propulsion. From optimizing\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.energy.gov\/ne\/articles\/6-things-you-should-know-about-nuclear-thermal-propulsion\">nuclear thermal engines<\/a>\u00a0to managing\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1038\/s41586-021-04301-9\">complex plasma confinement in fusion systems<\/a>, AI is reshaping propulsion design and operations. It is quickly becoming an indispensable partner in humankind\u2019s journey to the stars.\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/blockquote>\nPour en savoir plus :\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thespacereview.com\/article\/5105\/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How AI is making spacecraft propulsion more efficient<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every year, companies and space agencies launch hundreds of rockets into space, and that number is set to grow dramatically with ambitious missions to the Moon, Mars and beyond. 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