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Deep Space 1 Ion Engine
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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 propulsion to be used as the primary means of propelling a spacecraft. The first flight in NASA's New Millennium Program, Deep Space 1 is designed to validate 12 new technologies for scientific space missions of the next century.
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Credit lineDeep Space 1 Ion Engine. NASA, 2002-12-21. Public domain. ID: PIA04232.
