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In addition to giving Psyche's thrusters a pretty cool neon blue glow, this xenon expulsion creates a gentle thrust to move the spacecraft — gentle enough to exert "the same amount of pressure ...

At this time it’s not known what caused this drop in pressure , but NASA says it has a few weeks to work on the problem before the lack of thrusters will have an effect on the mission.

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This outer contour adjusts to atmospheric pressure changes and provides superior performance during a spacecraft’s ascent, from sea level to the vacuum of space. Subscribe to the Design newsletter.

Thrusters that exploit vacuum arc discharges to produce high-velocity plasma jets directly or as sources of plasma that is subsequently accelerated electrostatically have been proposed or are ...

Once in the vacuum of space, however, plasma thrusters would have no issue in propelling and steering craft.

While attempting to duplicate Boeing's Starliner issues in New Mexico, NASA engineers eventually found what appeared to be the smoking gun.

This photo captures an operating electric thruster identical to those being used to propel NASA’s Psyche spacecraft. The blue glow comes from the charged atoms, or ions, of xenon. NASA/JPL ...