ION THRUSTER
NASA's Glenn Research Center in Cleveland will develop an advanced ion propulsion system for spacecraft under a $21-million contract with the agency's Office of Space Science. The NASA Evolutionary Xenon Thruster (NEXT) program will build on the ion engine technology used on the Deep Space 1 mission...
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