NASA Fires Up Powerful Lithium-Fed Thruster for Trips to Mars
28 Apr 2026, 16:18 GMT
By Naomi Hartono
Topic: Technology Demonstration
Source URL: https://www.nasa.gov/missions/tech-demonstration/nasa-fires-up-powerful-lithium-fed-thruster-for-trips-to-mars/
A technology that could propel crewed missions to Mars and robotic spacecraft throughout the solar system was recently put to the test at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California. On Feb. 24, for the first time in years and at power levels exceeding any previous test in the United States, a team fired up