NASA Tests New Electric Thruster, Finds It Could Power Crewed Mars Mission
… This new plasma drive has already been tested at over 120kW. …
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NASA Created a Collection of Spooky Space Sounds for Halloween
… NASA even digs into its back catalog to play one of Voyager 1's greatest hits, "Plasma Waves of the Bow Shock of Jupiter." Opens in a new window The end of the spooky playlist is mostly plasma waves from the moons of Jupiter, which sound like rumbling static with assorted bleeps and boops. …
NASA Prepares to Launch Super-Fast Probe to Enter Sun's Corona
… The Parker Solar Probe will come as close as possible to touching the sun without being swallowed up by waves of superheated plasma. …
NASA Jets Equipped With Telescopes Will Chase Solar Eclipse 2017
… An eclipse is an unprecedented opportunity to gather data on the sun's corona and to understand how the loops of plasma on its surface remain so smooth. …
NASA's NEXT ion drive breaks world record, will eventually power interplanetary missions
… An electron gun think cathode ray tube TV fires electrons at the xenon atoms, creating a plasma of negative and positive ions. …