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NASA hits record power in lithium plasma thruster test

NASA has successfully tested a lithium-fed magnetoplasmadynamic (MPD) thruster at record power levels of 120 kilowatts, 25 times stronger than the Psyche mission's electric thruster. Conducted at the ...

NASA tests lithium thruster: Milestone for manned Mars missions?

NASA has successfully tested a magnetoplasmadynamic thruster with lithium propellant. The technology is considered key for ...
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NASA tests record-breaking plasma thruster for Mars travel

NASA has successfully tested a lithium-fed magnetoplasmadynamic plasma thruster at record U.S. power levels of 120 kilowatts, ...
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Watch NASA test its new X-59 jet designed to go faster than the speed of sound

NASA wants to make supersonic travel quieter. On Thursday the agency released new footage of its X-59 jet, a ...

NASA’s Lithium-Fed Nuclear Thruster Flares to Life in First of Its Kind Test

NASA fired up a prototype of its electromagnetic thruster inside a vacuum chamber, reaching power levels of up to 120 ...
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NASA Tests a Spacecraft Thruster That Runs on Lithium Metal Vapor, Could Take Us to Mars

American space agency NASA announced the first major test of a new lithium-fed magnetoplasmadynamic (MPD) thruster that could ...

New lithium-plasma engine passes key Mars propulsion test

You're on the fourth human mission to Mars, and you're told the Odyssey spacecraft designed to take you there will be the ...
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NASA to resume supersonic aircraft tests. Here's what to know

NASA is getting ready to go supersonic. The U.S. space agency's experimental X-59 jet designed to eventually travel faster than the speed of sound is preparing for its second flight from California.