NASA's Psyche spacecraft is now on 'full cruise' mode, using electric Hall thrusters to move towards the metal-rich Psyche asteroid for a two-year observation mission starting in 2029.
Ion propulsion, like the one used by Psyche, has been a technology interest for NASA since before the Apollo missions, generating thrust by exciting xenon particles and having no moving parts.
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