Electrospray Thruster TEM Video (VIDEO)

Michigan Technological University

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Using a transmission electron microscope (TEM, aerospace engineers and material scientists from Michigan Tech and the University of Maryland examine the needle-like tip of a stream of ions in a jet fuel designed for nanosatellites.

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Michigan Tech, Kurt Terhune

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