NASA's lithium-fed electric thruster could carry humans to Mars and beyond

Inside a long vacuum chamber in Southern California, a spacecraft engine glowed white-hot as it pushed toward a level of ...

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 ...

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 ignites lithium plasma engine that could redefine human missions to Mars

A powerful new propulsion test by NASA signals a major shift in how humans could reach Mars, as engineers successfully fired ...
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NASA to test nuclear electric propulsion with 2028 mission to Mars

NASA announced plans March 24 to develop Space Reactor 1 (SR-1) Freedom, a mission to Mars demonstrating nuclear electric propulsion. Credit: NASA WASHINGTON — NASA’s new exploration strategy includes ...
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NASA fires up RS-25 Artemis moon rocket engine test for 500 seconds

NASA fired up RS-25 engine No. 20001 at the Fred Haise Test Stand at NASA’s Stennis Space Center at Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. The test lasted about "eight-and-a-half minutes (500 seconds), the same ...