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This artist rendering shows the briefcase-sized probe Lunar Flashlight using its near-infrared lasers to illuminate dark polar regions on the moon and search for water ice. Credit: Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

Is NASA's moon satellite in danger? Problems with the propulsion system of the Lunar Fleshlight spacecraft

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Mission Control is characterizing its new "green" propulsion system and developing an updated plan for Lunar Fleshlight's journey to the Moon
Hall type electric motor. Source: NASA.

Electric propulsion for space

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Artist's impression of VASIMR engines in action. Image source - Wikimedia Commons

to Mars in thirty-nine days

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