LISA Pathfinder carries advanced NASA thruster tech

LISA Pathfinder carries advanced NASA thruster tech Pasadena CA (JPL) Dec 04, 2015 - The LISA Pathfinder spacecraft is on its way to space, having successfully launched from Kourou, French Guiana (Dec. 3 local time/Dec. 2 PST). On board is the state-of-the-art Disturbance Reduction System (DRS), a thruster technology developed at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California. LISA Pathfinder, led by the European Space Agency (ESA), is designed to test technologies ... more

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