Ion Propulsion or “Electric Propulsion” is a type of spacecraft engine technology in which charged particles are accelerated at high speeds using electric fields to produce thrust. There are different types: gridded, Hall-effect and HEMP to name a few.

NEXT-NASA Evolutionary Xenon Thruster – © NASA	QinetiQ T6 ion thruster – © QinetiQ Ltd

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