Xenon/Krypton Facility

The Xenon/Krypton facility is a cryogenically pumped vacuum chamber ideal for testing Hall effect thrusters up to 2 kWs.

Condensable Propellant Facility

The condensable propellant facility is a turbomolecular pumped vacuum chamber ideal for testing condensable propellant hall effect thrusters up to 20 kWs in size.

Micropropulsion Facility 1 (Ultra-High Vacuum)

Micropropulsion Facility 1 is a 0.5-meter -diameter by 0.5-meter-long stainless-steel chamber capable of pressures as low as 1×10^-11 Torr. This facility is ideal for testing micro-scale electrospray emission sources.

Micropropulsion Facility 2

Micropropulsion Facility 2 is a 0.42-meter -diameter by 0.4-meter-long stainless-steel chamber capable of pressures as low as 1×10^-8 Torr. The design of this chamber makes it ideal for testing electrospray thrusters.

High Magnification Imaging Setup

The resolution of this imaging setup and obtainable silhouette images makes this system ideal for observing and detecting meniscus profiles of electrospray emission sources.

Milli-Newton Thrust Stand

The milli-newton thrust stand is an inverted-pendulum, null-displacement thrust stand based on the NASA-Glenn design. The thrust stand is capable of resolving thrust as small as 1mN.

Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometer

The TOF spectrometer is a unique and custom instrument dedicated to electrospray propulsion research. The device combines an electrostatic energy analyzer with a TOF mass-to-charge detector to provide full energy and mass spectral diagnostics of electrospray beams.

Spacecraft Clean Assembly Area

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