Aerojet’s Ion Propulsion A ‘Go’ For Asteroid Defense Demo

Mark Carreau April 10, 2018
Credit: NEXT: NASA
HOUSTON—NASA has cleared Aerojet Rocketdyne through the agency’s critical design review process to begin production of the Evolutionary Xenon Thruster-Commercial (NEXT-C) propulsion unit for future space science missions. The missions include the 2021 Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART), an...
Mark Carreau

Mark is based in Houston, where he has written on aerospace for more than 25 years. While at the Houston Chronicle, he was recognized by the Rotary National Award for Space Achievement Foundation in 2006 for his professional contributions to the public understanding of America's space program through news reporting.

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