Ion Propulsion

3 Apr
2015
April 3, 2015

The First Nuclear Reactor in Orbit

At the beginning of the Space Age, a number of new technologies were being examined to support increasingly sophisticated missions then being considered. Among these were […]
Rockets & Propulsion, Spaceflight, Unmanned Spaceflight
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20 Jul
2014
July 20, 2014

The First Ion Engine Test in Space

Among the small fleet of interplanetary spacecraft scattered around the Solar System is NASA’s Dawn mission to the largest asteroids Vesta and Ceres. What makes this […]
Rockets & Propulsion, Spaceflight
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