Deep Space 1 ion engine performing well after week-long run
The xenon ion engine aboard NASA's Deep Space 1 technology testbed was performing well after more than a week of continuous thrusting, giving engineers at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory a chance to check out the relationship between different engine thrust levels and the electric power required to...
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