ESA - Kids - Liftoff - Speeding through space with a wisp of gas


Launchers Orbits Mission control Testing Spacecraft Europe's spaceport New ways to space	Speeding through space with a wisp of gas 17 January 2006 DS4G thruster firing during tests in the ESTEC Electric Propulsion facility (CORONA vacuum chamber) Credits: ESA DS4G thruster firing during tests in the ESTEC Electric Propulsion facility (CORONA vacuum chamber) Credits: ESA	New ways to space Expendable or reusable? Future launchers Spaceplanes Lab Ion or chemical - which is fastest?