Japan's MUSES-C Ion Engines Log 20,000 Hours
The xenon/ion electric propulsion system on Japan's Muses-C asteroid sample return spacecraft has logged more than 20,000 hr. since it was launched May 9, 2003, on a four-year mission to collect asteroid samples and return them to Earth. The three engines onboard have consumed 20 kg. of xenon fuel...
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