NASA’s Lithium-Fed Nuclear Thruster Flares to Life in First of Its Kind Test

NASA fired up a prototype of its electromagnetic thruster inside a vacuum chamber, reaching power levels of up to 120 ...
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NASA Tests a Spacecraft Thruster That Runs on Lithium Metal Vapor, Could Take Us to Mars

American space agency NASA announced the first major test of a new lithium-fed magnetoplasmadynamic (MPD) thruster that could ...
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NASA tests its most powerful electric propulsion system yet for sending astronauts to Mars

"The successful performance of our thruster in this test demonstrates real progress toward sending an American astronaut to ...

NASA Fires Up Futuristic Plasma Thruster Designed to Take Us to Mars

Earlier this year, NASA fired up a "next generation" prototype electric thruster, cranking it up to record power levels.
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NASA tests record-power electric thruster for Mars missions

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory has successfully tested a lithium-fed magnetoplasmadynamic electric thruster at a record 120 kilowatts, over 25 times more powerful than the system on its Psyche ...

New lithium-plasma engine passes key Mars propulsion test

You're on the fourth human mission to Mars, and you're told the Odyssey spacecraft designed to take you there will be the ...

NASA fires up powerful lithium-fed thruster for trips to Mars

A technology that could propel crewed missions to Mars and robotic spacecraft throughout the solar system was recently put to ...
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Lilium Gears Up for Production of the Lilium Jet’s Revolutionary Electric Propulsion Units

Lilium begins installation of serial production line for propulsion units at Lilium’s production facilities in Wessling, Germany First prototype propulsion units expected to come off the line in Q2 ...
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Duxion Motors’ Successful Ground Test a Major Milestone for Revolutionary Electric Jet Propulsion Motor

ST. JOHN’S, Newfoundland and Labrador--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Duxion Motors is celebrating the successful ground test of its patented eJet Motor, the electric jet engine poised to make high-speed electric ...