Ion on

1998-12-09T12:02:00

The ion propulsion system on NASA's New Millennium programme flagship, Deep Space 1, has been sucessfully restarted. It was started upon 24 November and has "-continued running smoothly since", says NASA. The engine shut down after 4min 30s on 10 November.

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