Deep Space 1 Stories
10 Things: Looking Back at Deep Space 1
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Twenty years ago this month, NASA launched a spacecraft designed to test 12 new technologies that could lead to advances in space exploration.
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The Prius of Space
6 min read
What if you need to motor somewhere three billion-plus miles off the beaten path - somewhere where neither regular nor premium unleaded have so far feared to tread?
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Spare Ion Engine Being Checked
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An ion thruster is removed from a vacuum chamber at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., its job done following almost five years of testing.
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