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ION PROPULSION LABORATORIES - CLEAN ROOM
DEEP SPACE 1 ION THRUSTER IN GIMBAL RIG
MICROSYSTEMS FABRICATION LABORATORY - REACTIVE ION ETCHER
EXPRESS INTEGRATED TEST ION PROPULSION SYSTEM
Ann Nguyen, co-lead author of a new paper that gives insights into the diverse origin of asteroid Bennu’s “parent”...
NASA EVOLUTIONARY XENON THRUSTER - NEXT - ION ENGINE WEAR TEST
40 CM Engineering Model 1 Engine - Ion Thruster
NASA EVOLUTIONARY XENON THRUSTER - NEXT - ION ENGINE WEAR TEST
Post Ion Engine Test Documentation of Tank 5 Interior
NEXT-C Dart Propulsion explainer package (played in DART Live Launch broadcast)
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In Astrotech's Hazardous Processing Facility, technicians check data during the...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In Astrotech's Hazardous Processing Facility, technicians check data during the...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Astrotech's Hazardous Processing Facility, a technician checks the connections for...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Astrotech's Hazardous Processing Facility, technicians look at the connections for...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Astrotech's Hazardous Processing Facility, technicians are loading the Dawn...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In Astrotech's Hazardous Processing Facility, a technician monitors the loading of...
Like Earth, Saturn has an invisible ring of energetic ions trapped in its magnetic field. This feature is known as a...
Technicians reintegrate the Compact Dual Ion Composition Experiment (CoDICE) instrument of NASA’s IMAP (Interstellar...
Technicians reintegrate the Compact Dual Ion Composition Experiment (CoDICE) instrument of NASA’s IMAP (Interstellar...
Technicians perform tests on the Compact Dual Ion Composition Experiment (CoDICE) instrument of NASA’s IMAP...
Technicians reintegrate the Compact Dual Ion Composition Experiment (CoDICE) instrument of NASA’s IMAP (Interstellar...
Technicians reintegrate the Compact Dual Ion Composition Experiment (CoDICE) instrument of NASA’s IMAP (Interstellar...
A technician performs tests on the Compact Dual Ion Composition Experiment (CoDICE) instrument of NASA’s IMAP...
NEXT (NASA Evolutionary Xenon Thruster) ion thruster array being assembled for testing.