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NASA’s new ion engine ready for missions in space

Submit on Friday, April 15th, 2011 22:55

In its continuing effort to improve NASA’s Evolutionary Xenon Thruster (NEXT) ion engine, the agency recently completed a series of tests that mimic the requirements of a wide range of ambitious missions.

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