Plasma Engines to Power Mars Cargo Ships

Continuous electric propulsion is becoming the key to Mars logistics. NASA and its partners plan a 2028 cargo mission using VASIMR and Hall effect engines to send heavy supplies from Earth orbit to Mars. These plasma systems rely on electricity instead of combustion, operating for months of steady acceleration. The mission will test large solar arrays, compact fission units, and clustered thrusters capable of moving industrial payloads across interplanetary space. It marks the transition from rockets that explode to engines that sustain. The era of plasma powered transport is about to begin!