World first air-breathing space engine could fly satellites around Mars

IBTimes 2018-03-08

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In a world first, an ESA-led team has built and fired an electric thruster to ingest scarce air molecules from the top of the atmosphere for propellant, opening the way to satellites flying in very low orbits for years on end.

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NASA's ICON satellite to study ionosphere, space weather

Astronaut tests ability to fly in space on vacuum cleaner

Mars Rover or Batmobile? 'Mystery' prototype Nasa space vehicle revealed

What is Nasa's Kilopower? This space nuclear reactor could be the key to colonizing Mars