Portal:Space exploration/Picture/Week 11 2007

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An ion thruster (or ion drive), one of several types of spacecraft propulsion, uses beams of ions — electrically charged atoms or molecules— for propulsion. The ion beam is visible in this image as a blue, flame-like exhaust.

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