Tag: Asteroid Redirect Robotic Mission

  • Aerojet Rocketdyne tapped to build high-power ion drive

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    Above is a prototype 13-kilowatt Hall thruster during testing at NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland. This prototype demonstrated the technology readiness needed for industry to continue the development of high-power solar electric propulsion into a flight-qualified system. Credit: NASA Aerojet Rocketdyne has won a $67 million NASA contract to build an advanced electric propulsion…

  • NASA turning to U.S. industry to build asteroid redirect craft

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    Artist’s concept of the Asteroid Redirect Robotic Mission spacecraft with a captured boulder from an asteroid. Credit: NASA NASA is seeking proposals from U.S. satellite manufacturers interested in building the spacecraft bus for the agency’s initiative to pluck a boulder from an asteroid and drive it into lunar orbit, with plans to select multiple winners…