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NASA engineers have tested a next-generation lithium-plasma electric propulsion system that reached 120 kilowatts, a new U.S. record and about 25 times the power of the electric thrusters on NASA's Psyche spacecraft. "Designing and building these thrusters over the last couple of years has been a long lead-up to this first test," said James Polk, who is a senior research scientist at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory. "It's a huge moment for us because we not only showed the thruster works, but we also hit the power levels we were targeting. And we know we have a good testbed to begin addressing the challenges to scaling up." Universe Today reports: While 120 kilowatts is a new record, NASA estimates it a future human mission to Mars will require 2 to 4 megawatts of power consisting of several thrusters and requiring more than 23,000 hours (958 days/2.6 years) of operation. To accomplish this, the thrusters would have to withstand more than 2,800 degrees Celsius (5,000 degrees Fahrenheit), which the thrusters achieved during testing. The reason for the extended operation is due to the estimated time of an entire human mission to Mars, which is estimated to be approximately 2.6 years. This is because the launch window to Mars only opens once every two years due to the orbital behaviors of both planets. While no mission has ever returned from the Red Planet, this same launch window works from Mars to Earth, too. When launched within this window, robotic spacecraft have traditionally taken approximately 6-7 months to reach Mars. However, a human mission would require a much larger spacecraft to accommodate the astronauts, food, fuel, water, and other mission-essential items. For the approximate 2.6-year mission, this would entail approximately 6-9 months traveling to Mars, followed by approximately 18 months on the surface of Mars until the next launch window opens, then another approximate 6-9 months back to Earth. However, having much less fuel due to the electric propulsion system could potentially alter this timeframe.

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Sleep is one of those things many of us are obsessed with, and yet nearly half of us feel like we aren't getting enough of it.

An actress known for her role in M*A*S*H died at age 94 in Los Angeles on Thursday, April 30.

Despite the far right commentator's site officially going off the air on Thursday, satirical site The Onion accused Jones of trying to 'derail' its purchase of Infowars with a Hail Mary legal move.

The pair have been given suspended prison sentences

The two characters from classic mushy movies came out top in a poll of UK film fans conducted for the Freeview channel Great Romance.

Tackling anti-Semitism is more important than party politics. I proved that when I - with other determined colleagues - took it on in Jeremy Corbyn's Labour. But now I see the same people in the Green Party

The Euphoria star, 28, posted a carousel of photos of the pair to her Instagram feed, allowing a generous glimpse of the fun time they had

Under the generous programme, some unemployed people are even being put up in Airbnbs at the public's expense to help them back into the world of work.

While backpacking in South America, MIRELLE RADLEY found not only a new best friend, but a new lease of life.

The President and the Minnesota 'Squad' member have long been at odds, with Trump playing up the reports of Omar using her brother to get into the United States.

The players found themselves in a situation where eight red balls were impossible to pot because of the position of the black, causing continuous safety shots as the crowd grew restless.

President Donald Trump revealed the real reason he never got a dog while delivering a rollicking speech Friday night to a Palm Beach area crowd.

Sharon Stone, 68, confidently showed off her incredible figure in a skimpy bikini as she enjoyed a relaxing pool day on Friday.

A prominent psychologist has revealed the one subtle body pose that could reveal clues that someone is a psychopath.

The longtime couple appeared to be in high spirits as they celebrated their youngest daughter Amada's ninth birthday in the amusement park in Anaheim, California .

PantherFest's second ever film festival will bring laughter, horror and romance to The Empire Theatre in Halstead.

Vonn, 41, sustained multiple fractures and faced the threat of amputation after losing control and crashing during the women's downhill event at the 2026 Winter Olympics.

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Amazon's cloud customers will need to wait several more months before the US tech company can repair war-damaged data centers and restore normal operations in the Middle East. The announcement comes two months after Iranian drone strikes targeted three Amazon data centers in the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain -- meaning that full recovery from the cloud disruption could take nearly half a year in all. The Amazon Web Services (AWS) dashboard posted an April 30 update describing how its UAE and Bahrain cloud regions "suffered damage as a result of the conflict in the Middle East" and are unable to support customer applications. The update also said that "relevant billing operations are currently suspended while we restore normal operations" in a process that "is expected to take several months." That wording suggests Amazon will continue to avoid billing AWS customers in the affected regions -- ME-CENTRAL-1 and ME-SOUTH-1 -- after it initially waived all usage-related charges for March 2026 at an estimated cost of $150 million. AWS also "strongly" recommended that customers migrate resources to other cloud regions and rely on remote backups to restore any "inaccessible resources." Some customers, such as the Dubai-based super app Careem—which offers ride-hailing, household services, and food and grocery delivery -- were able to get back online quickly after doing an overnight migration to other data center servers.

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