What's Ahead in Aerospace: SMART-1 combines ion engine, gravity assists
ASSISTING TECHNOLOGY: The European Space Agency's SMART-1 lunar scout spacecraft will become the first to use gravity assists in conjunction with a solar-electric ion engine, ESA says. Gravity assists, which use planetary gravity to accelerate or brake spacecraft, first were used by NASA's Pioneer...
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