NASA Can Reach MARS in Half the Time With Lithium-Fed Electromagnetic Thrusters; Know How It Works

MPD Thrusters: Powering The Next Gen of Space TravelNASA test-fired a lithium-fed magnetoplasmadynamic (MPD) thruster on February 24 at JPL in Southern California, a historic first. The project is led by JPL with Princeton University and NASA's Glenn Research Center, funded under NASA's Space Nuclear Propulsion program, and has been running since 2020.