... range in Isp. The AIE concept represents a natural progression of gridded ion thruster technology beyond the capabilities embodied by NASA’s Evolutionary Xenon Thruster (NEXT) [1]. The AIE would be appropriate for: (a) applications which require...
... final hour of the mission. The DART spacecraft will also demonstrate other new technologies, including NASA’s Evolutionary Xenon Thruster-Commercial (NEXT-C) ion engine, developed by NASA Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, Ohio. The NEXT-C engine...