{"id":771082,"date":"2023-11-02T08:04:58","date_gmt":"2023-11-02T12:04:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=771082"},"modified":"2023-11-02T08:04:58","modified_gmt":"2023-11-02T12:04:58","slug":"true-blue-high-power-propulsion-for-gateway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=771082","title":{"rendered":"True Blue: High-Power Propulsion for Gateway"},"content":{"rendered":"
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True Blue: High-Power Propulsion for Gateway<\/h1>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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Credit: NASA\/Jef Janis.<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

The blue hue of the Advanced Electric Propulsion System<\/a> (AEPS) is seen inside a vacuum chamber<\/a> at NASA\u2019s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland during recent thruster qualification testing. This 12-kilowatt Hall thruster<\/a> is the most powerful electric propulsion thruster in production, and it will be critical to future science and exploration missions at the Moon and beyond.<\/p>\n

The blue plume is a steady stream of ionized xenon gas ejected to produce low, highly efficient thrust. These electric propulsion systems accelerate spacecraft to extremely high speeds over time using only a fraction of the fuel chemical propulsion systems require, making electric propulsion\u00a0an excellent choice for deep-space exploration and science missions.<\/p>\n

Three AEPS thrusters will be mounted on the Power and Propulsion Element, a foundational component of Gateway<\/a>. The small lunar space station is critical to the agency\u2019s Artemis missions<\/a> that will help prepare for human missions to Mars. The Power and Propulsion Element will provide Gateway with power, high-rate communications, and allow it to maintain its unique orbit around the Moon.<\/p>\n

The AEPS thruster recently returned to NASA Glenn to continue qualification testing<\/a> to certify the thrusters for flight.<\/p>\n

The Solar Electric Propulsion project is led at NASA Glenn and managed by NASA\u2019s Technology Demonstration Missions program under the agency\u2019s<\/em>\u00a0<\/em>Space Technology Mission Directorate<\/em><\/a>, which oversees a portfolio of technology demonstration projects across NASA centers and American industry partners.<\/em><\/p>\n

Jimi Russell<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

NASA\u2019s Glenn Research Center<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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