NASAs Evolutionary Xenon Thruster (NEXT) Long-Duration Test (LDT) is part of the comprehensive service life assessment of the NEXT thruster. The test was voluntarily terminated in April 2014 after accumulating 51,184 hours of high voltage operation, processing 918 kg of xenon, and delivering 35.5 MN-s of total impulse. This presentation covers the post-test inspection of the thruster hardware, in particular of the discharge chamber and other miscellaneous components such as propellant isolators and electrical cabling.


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    Title :

    Post-Test Inspection of NASA's Evolutionary Xenon Thruster Long-Duration Test Hardware: Discharge Chamber


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    AIAA/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference ; 2016 ; Salt Lake City, UT, United States


    Publication date :

    2016-07-25


    Type of media :

    Miscellaneous


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English