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NASA thruster achieves world-record 5+ years of operation

Submit on Tuesday, June 25th, 2013 22:56

A NASA advanced ion propulsion engine has successfully operated for more than 48,000 hours, or 5 and a half years, making it the longest test duration of any type of space propulsion system demonstration project ever.

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