NASA's Deep Space 1 spacecraft
NASA's Deep Space 1 spacecraft doubled its own record for uninterrupted rocket thrusting on Nov. 28 by running for 29 days and 3.7 hr. The Hughes ion engine is boosting the trajectory to fly by the comet Borrelly on Sept. 22. It normally fires for a week then pauses while turning for Earth...
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