NASA is developing technologies to prepare for human exploration missions to Mars. Solar electric propulsion (SEP) systems are expected to enable a new cost effective means to deliver cargo to the Mars surface. Nearer term missions to Mars moons or near-Earth asteroids can be used to both develop and demonstrate the needed technology for these future Mars missions while demonstrating new capabilities in their own right. This presentation discusses recent technology development accomplishments for high power, high voltage solar arrays and power management that enable a new class of SEP missions.


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    Title :

    Solar Electric Propulsion Technology Development for Electric Propulsion



    Conference:

    Annual Space Power Workshop ; 2015 ; Manhattan Beach, CA, United States


    Publication date :

    2015-05-11


    Type of media :

    Miscellaneous


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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