NASA And Aerojet Rocketdyne Test Most Powerful Solar Electric Propulsion Thrusters For Lunar Space Station

The Advanced Electric Propulsion System (AEPS) qualification thruster inside one of the vacuum chambers at NASA Glenn’s Electric Propulsion and Power Laboratory. PHOTO BY NASA/SWNS 

Scientists have begun testing the most powerful solar electric propulsion (SEP) thrusters ever.

Engineers from NASA and rocket maker Aerojet Rocketdyne are beginning qualification testing on the cutting-edge SEP thrusters NASA says “will change the in-space propulsion game.”