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Deep Space 1 Ion Engine
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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 charged atoms being emitted from the engine. The ion propulsion engine is the first non-chemical propulsion to be used as the primary means of propelling a spacecraft.
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Credit lineDeep Space 1 Ion Engine. NASA/JPL, 2002-12-21. Public domain. ID: PIA04247.
