Ion Engine Inspection, NASA Glenn Research Center
Engineer and a technician checking out Ion Engine in the Electronic Propulsion Research Building at Lewis Research Center. The Ion engine uses electrostatic charge, something like pulling hot socks out of a clo... More
NASA EVOLUTIONARY XENON THRUSTER - NEXT - ION ENGINE WEAR TEST GRC-200...
NASA EVOLUTIONARY XENON THRUSTER - NEXT - ION ENGINE WEAR TEST
Deep Space 1 in Cleanroom. NASA public domain image colelction.
Description Deep Space 1 was launched in October 1998 as part of NASA's New Millennium Program, which is managed by JPL for NASA's Office of Space Science, Washington, DC. The California Institute of Technology... More
Flying Saucer? Aliens?, NASA Mercury project
Full Description: (1961) No, it's not a flying saucer, it is the domed top to a 70 foot long vacuum tank at the Lewis Research Center's Electric Propulsion Laboratory, Cleveland, Ohio. The three technicians sho... More
Early Program Development presented by Gerhard Heller of Marshall Spac...
As presented by Gerhard Heller of Marshall Space Flight Center's Research Projects Division in 1961, this chart illustrates three basic types of electric propulsion systems then under consideration by NASA. The... More
ION ENGINE SPUTTER TARGET, NASA Technology Images
The original finding aid described this as: Capture Date: 12/6/1977 Photographer: MARTIN BROWN Keywords: Larsen Scan Photographs Relating to Agency Activities, Facilities and Personnel
Ion Beam. NASA public domain image colelction.
This small ion rocket is being tested inside a vacuum test facility. The test is being monitored by a small camera lens inside the test chamber. Ion rockets are an idea that has existed since the 1950s. They we... More
ION ENGINE SPUTTER TARGET, NASA Technology Images
The original finding aid described this as: Capture Date: 11/17/1977 Photographer: DONALD HUEBLER Keywords: Larsen Scan Photographs Relating to Agency Activities, Facilities and Personnel
ION ENGINE AND ION ENGINE SPECIMEN AND HOLDER
The original finding aid described this as: Capture Date: 1/15/1980 Photographer: DANIEL LAITY Keywords: Larsen Scan Location Building No: 5 Location Room: TANK 4 Photographs Relating to Agency Activities,... More
ION ENGINE AND ION ENGINE SPECIMEN AND HOLDER
The original finding aid described this as: Capture Date: 1/15/1980 Photographer: DANIEL LAITY Keywords: Larsen Scan Location Building No: 5 Location Room: TANK 4 Photographs Relating to Agency Activities,... More
ION ENGINE AND ION ENGINE SPECIMEN AND HOLDER
The original finding aid described this as: Capture Date: 1/15/1980 Photographer: DANIEL LAITY Keywords: Larsen Scan Location Building No: 5 Location Room: TANK 4 Photographs Relating to Agency Activities,... More
Ion Engine Being Installed in High Vacuum Tank
Ion engine #1 being installed in the High Vacuum Tank in the Electric Propulsion Research Building - EPRB. This facility is located at the Lewis Research Center, now John H. Glenn Research Center in Cleveland O... More
ION ENGINE AND ION ENGINE SPECIMEN AND HOLDER
The original finding aid described this as: Capture Date: 1/15/1980 Photographer: DANIEL LAITY Keywords: Larsen Scan Location Building No: 5 Location Room: TANK 4 Photographs Relating to Agency Activities,... More
SUE GOODER WITH ION ENGINE - Public domain NASA photogrpaph
The original finding aid described this as: Capture Date: 1/24/1979 Photographer: DONALD HUEBLER Keywords: 1979_00312.jpg c1979_00300s Larsen Scan Photographs Relating to Agency Activities, Facilities and Personnel
ION ENGINE AND ION ENGINE SPECIMEN AND HOLDER
The original finding aid described this as: Capture Date: 1/15/1980 Photographer: DANIEL LAITY Keywords: Larsen Scan Location Building No: 5 Location Room: TANK 4 Photographs Relating to Agency Activities,... More
Performance Acceptance Test of a prototype-model NEXT (NASA Evolutiona...
Performance Acceptance Test of a prototype-model NEXT (NASA Evolutionary Xenon Thruster) ion engine that was delivered to NASA Glenn Research Center by Aerojet. The test dates were May 10 - May 17, 2006. The ... More
Ion Engine Test Firing, JPL/NASA images
Description (November 30, 1998) This image of a xenon ion engine, photographed through a port of the vacuum chamber where it was being tested at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, shows the faint blue glow of ch... More
NASA EVOLUTIONARY XENON THRUSTER - NEXT - ION ENGINE WEAR TEST GRC-200...
NASA EVOLUTIONARY XENON THRUSTER - NEXT - ION ENGINE WEAR TEST
SERT-1 Spacecraft, NASA Glenn Research Center
Raymond J. Rulis, SERT-1 Program Manager, is shown here examining the SERT-1 spacecraft after its arrival at the NASA Lewis Research Center for pre-flight testing. The Lewis built ion engine is in front of Mr. ... More
Ion Engine and Tank 6 at Electric Propulsion Lab
Ion engine and Tank 6 at the Electric Propulsion Laboratory - EPL. This facility is located at the Lewis Research Center, now the John H. Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, Ohio. The Ion engine is the power sy... More
ION ENGINE SPUTTER TARGET, NASA Technology Images
The original finding aid described this as: Capture Date: 11/17/1977 Photographer: DONALD HUEBLER Keywords: Larsen Scan Photographs Relating to Agency Activities, Facilities and Personnel
ION ENGINE SPUTTER CONTAMINATION, NASA Technology Images
The original finding aid described this as: Capture Date: 3/7/1978 Photographer: MARTIN BROWN Keywords: Larsen Scan Photographs Relating to Agency Activities, Facilities and Personnel
Deep Space 1 Ion Engine. NASA public domain image colelction.
Kennedy Space Center, Florida. - Deep Space 1 is lifted from its work platform, giving a closeup view of the experimental solar-powered ion propulsion engine. The ion propulsion engine is the first non-chemical... More
NASA ION ENGINE - Glenn Research Center History
ION ENGINE NASA Identifier: C-1981-3714 Public domain photograph of NASA satellite, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Deep Space 1 Technology Demonstrator
The completely assembled Deep Space 1 (DS-1) technology demonstrator spacecraft. The DS-1 spacecraft incorporates a number of advanced technology concepts in its mission, but none so "high profile" as its Ion p... More
NASA ION ENGINE - Glenn Research Center History
ION ENGINE NASA Identifier: C-1981-3715