by Ethan Dale | Jan 1, 2005
Thruster Experimental Coaxial Field Reversed Configuration Thruster (XOCOT) Schematic (left) of XOCOT system and photograph (right) of the XOCOT annular chamber, test setup, and current transmission cables. Developed 2005 – 2008 Tested at PEPL 2005 – 2008...
by Ethan Dale | Jan 1, 2004
Thruster HiPEP Multiple-Cathode Discharge Chamber (MCDC) LM4 operation with beam extraction in PEPL LVTF (chamber lights on). The engine is mounted on the thrust stand. The camera in mounted to an arm (shown in foreground) that is attached to a rotational theta table...
by Ethan Dale | Jan 1, 2004
Thruster P5 Cluster LM4 operation with beam extraction in PEPL LVTF (chamber lights on). The engine is mounted on the thrust stand. The camera in mounted to an arm (shown in foreground) that is attached to a rotational theta table mounted above the engine. Developed...
by Ethan Dale | Jan 1, 2004
Thruster BHT-600 Cluster LM4 operation with beam extraction in PEPL LVTF (chamber lights on). The engine is mounted on the thrust stand. The camera in mounted to an arm (shown in foreground) that is attached to a rotational theta table mounted above the engine....
by Ethan Dale | Jan 1, 2003
Thruster NASA-173Mv2 Photograph of the NASA-173Mv2 prior to testing Developed 2003 Tested at PEPL 2004 Developer PEPL, NASA GRC Lessons learned from the development and testing of the NASA 173Mv1 led to development of the NASA-173Mv2 in 2003. This second-generation...