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October 9, 2024

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Aerojet Rocketdyne tapped to build high-power ion drive

April 21, 2016 Stephen Clark

Aerojet Rocketdyne has won a $67 million NASA contract to build an advanced electric propulsion system with double the thrust of today’s ion thrusters that could drive future expeditions to asteroids and Mars.