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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration • 2017-08-11

Plasma rocket on track to 100 hour firing at 100 kilowatts in 2018

Ad Astra Rocket Company has successfully completed all contract milestones and deliverables for the second of its three-year Next Space Technology Exploration Partnerships (NextSTEP) contract with NASA. The 9 million dollar, fixed-price contract remains on schedule and on budget. After a successful year-two performance review at NASA Headquarters in Washington D.C. on July 24, 2017 and completion of a 10-hour cumulative test of the 200SSTM rocket at 100kW, Ad Astra received NASA approval to proceed with year-three activities.

The goal of the project is to demonstrate a 100-hour continuous firing of the company's VX-200SSTM VASIMR® prototype, at a power level of 100 kW. The company marches towards this goal on schedule, along a path of interim milestones. These focus on the rocket's new active thermal management system, designed to enable it to operate at full power indefinitely.

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Reported By Robert Lee