{"id":303254,"date":"2023-05-08T16:48:34","date_gmt":"2023-05-08T20:48:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?post_type=topic&p=303254"},"modified":"2023-11-02T15:03:34","modified_gmt":"2023-11-02T19:03:34","slug":"solar-electric-propulsion","status":"publish","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/tdm\/solar-electric-propulsion\/","title":{"rendered":"Solar Electric Propulsion"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\" class=\" hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-secondary-navigation\"><div class=\"hds-secondary-navigation-wrapper z-top width-100 padding-0\"><div id=\"\" class=\"hds-secondary-navigation width-full border-bottom-1px text-center hds-color-mode-light hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-hdsnav\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"hds-secondary-nav-mobile-button display-flex tablet:display-flex desktop:display-none width-full flex-align-center bg-carbon-90 border-color-carbon-80 color-spacesuit-white\" aria-expanded=\"false\" 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hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-page-intro\">\n\t<div class=\"padding-0 bg-spacesuit-white wp-block-nasa-blocks-page-intro\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-page-intro hds-page-intro-banner width-full maxw-full padding-0 hds-cover-wrapper minh-tablet\">\n\t\t<div class=\"hds-foreground-wrapper display-flex\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-row grid-container grid-container-block margin-top-auto margin-bottom-auto width-full maxw-desktop-lg padding-top-9 padding-x-3 z-400\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-6 desktop:padding-right-4 margin-bottom-3 desktop:margin-bottom-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"page-heading-md line-height-sm color-spacesuit-white-important\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSolar Electric Propulsion \t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p-lg color-carbon-30-important\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-6 desktop:padding-right-4 margin-bottom-3 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capabilities in space, enable future missions and support a variety of commercial spaceflight activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NASA’s Solar Electric Propulsion (SEP) project is developing critical technologies to extend the distance and duration of ambitious new exploration and science missions carried out by NASA and its partners. The project aims to demonstrate key technologies necessary for robotic and human exploration-class transportation systems as well as highly efficient orbit transfer capabilities for commercial space operations and science missions.<\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-content-lists-inner hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-content-lists\">\n\t\t<div class=\"hds-content-lists padding-y-5 desktop:padding-y-7 padding-x-3 bg-spacesuit-white width-full maxw-full\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-container grid-container-widescreen padding-x-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-row flex-align-start margin-bottom-3\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"desktop:grid-col-8 margin-bottom-2 desktop:margin-bottom-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"section-heading-sm line-height-sm\">Latest SEP News<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"margin-top-0 margin-bottom-2 maxh-tablet\">Stay up-to-date with the latest content from NASA as we explore the universe and discover more about our home planet.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"desktop:grid-col display-flex flex-align-center desktop:flex-justify-end\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div \n\t\t\tclass=\"hds-content-items hds-content-items-grid\"\n\t\t\tdata-post-type=\"post,feature,press-release,image-article,podcast\"\n\t\t\tdata-post-id=\"303254\"\n\t\t\tdata-max-num-pages=\"1\" \n\t\t\tdata-per-page=\"3\"\n\t\t\tdata-current-page=\"1\"\n\t\t\tdata-categories=\"12416\"\n\t\t\tdata-news-tags=\"\"\n\t\t\tdata-layout=\"grid\"\n\t\t\tdata-show-thumbnails=\"yes\"\n\t\t\tdata-show-readtime=\"yes\"\n\t\t\tdata-show-excerpts=\"yes\"\n\t\t\tdata-show-content-type-tags=\"yes\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-content-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/image-article\/true-blue-high-power-propulsion-for-gateway\/\" class=\"hds-content-item-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"hds-media-background  \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/grc-2023-c-05543.jpg?w=300\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" style=\"transform: scale(1); 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That solar energy is then converted to electric power and used to ionize \u2013 or positively charge \u2013 inert gas propellants like xenon and krypton. A combination of electric and magnetic fields then accelerate the ions and pushes them out of the thruster, creating a greenish-blue plasma plume, propelling the spacecraft to tremendous speeds over time to travel between destinations, station keep, and perform orbital transfers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>SEP systems use approximately 10 times less propellant than a comparable conventional chemical propulsion system, such as those used to propel the Orion spacecraft or space shuttle. The reduced fuel mass significantly reduces launch costs while delivering robust in-space propulsion capable of sending robotic and crewed missions well beyond low Earth orbit to distant destinations, like the Moon, Mars, and the outer solar system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hundreds of spacecraft across NASA and the commercial sector are already using SEP, typically operating in the 1-10 kilowatt (kW) range. 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Known as the Advanced Electric Propulsion System (AEPS), this innovative thruster is being designed, built, and demonstrated by NASA and Aerojet Rocketdyne with the ultimate goal of maturing the technology to be used on operational spacecraft to achieve NASA\u2019s mission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In April 2020, the SEP project was tasked with providing three 12-kW thrusters for Gateway\u2019s Power and Propulsion Element (PPE). These thrusters will serve as its primary source of propulsion, enabling orbital transfer and maneuvering. This will be the first demonstration of advanced, high-power SEP to maintain a spaceship\u2019s position and move it to different orbits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The SEP project successfully completed the AEPS Critical Design Review in March 2022.  In July 2023, NASA\u2019s SEP project began a year-long qualification test of the AEPS thruster at NASA\u2019s Glenn Research Center. This was the first of two thruster qualification tests that will subject it to the vibration, shock, and thermal environments expected during launch and flight conditions, while several thruster fire ups will be conducted to simulate flight operations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While qualification testing is conducted, NASA and Aerojet Rocketdyne are simultaneously building the three flight thrusters that will be acceptance tested at NASA Glenn before the anticipated delivery and integration with the PPE before Gateway\u2019s planned launch in 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The SEP project is a part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/gallery\/technology-demonstration-missions-tdm\/\" data-type=\"gallery\" data-id=\"311478\">Technology Demonstration Missions<\/a> program within NASA’s Space Technology Mission Directorate. 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