Futurism

The Most Powerful Ion Drive Ever is About to Blast a Spacecraft to Mercury

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NASA's NEXT ion drive breaks world record, will eventually power interplanetary missions

Proving yet again that Star Trek was scarily prescient, NASA has announced that its NEXT ion drive -- NASA's Evolutionary Xenon Thruster -- has operated continually for over 43,000 hours (five years).
Futurism

NASA Is Launching an Asteroid-Smashing Spacecraft Today and It’s Powered by an Ion Drive

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Probe Headed for Mercury Fires Most Powerful Ion Drive Ever Built

The BepiColombo Mercury probe is a joint mission between the European Space Agency (ESA) and Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). The probe is intended to study Mercury's magnetic field, ...
Hackaday

ion drive

Ion thrusters are an amazing spacecraft propulsion technology, providing very high efficiency with relatively little fuel. Yet getting one to produce more thrust than that required to lift a sheet of ...