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NASA Selects Aerojet Rocketdyne to Develop Solar Electric Propulsion for Deep Space Missions

26 Apr , 2016 by Ken Kremer

NASA has selected Aerojet Rocketdyne to design and develop an advanced solar electric propulsion (SEP) system that will serve as a critical enabling technology for sending humans and robots on deep space exploration missions to cislunar space, asteroids and the Red Planet.

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Weekly Space Hangout – May 1, 2015: Prof. Coel Hellier, WASP & SuperWASP

1 May , 2015 by Fraser Cain Video

Host: Fraser Cain (@fcain) Special Guest: Prof. Coel Hellier, Professor of Astrophysics at Keele University, UK, to talk about WASP & SuperWASP. Guests: Morgan Rehnberg (cosmicchatter.org / @MorganRehnberg ) Alessondra Springmann (@sondy)

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