NASA thruster test could slash travel time to Mars

By Talker News
Aug 11, 2026
7 hrs ago

(NASA/JPL-Caltech via SWNS)

(NASA/JPL-Caltech via SWNS)

By Dean Murray

Space scientists say they have slashed travel time to Mars.

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Space scientists say they have slashed travel time to Mars — Scene from tests as a prototype of a powerful new lithium-fed electric thruster that could one day help send humans to Mars was successfully tested at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. (NASA/JPL-Caltech via SWNS)
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Scene from tests as a prototype of a powerful new lithium-fed electric thruster that could one day help send humans to Mars was successfully tested at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. (NASA/JPL-Caltech via SWNS)
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Space scientists say they have slashed travel time to Mars — The prototype thruster. (NASA/JPL-Caltech via SWNS)
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The prototype thruster. (NASA/JPL-Caltech via SWNS)
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