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Astronaut Franklin Chang Díaz Official NASA Photo of Franklin Chang Díaz   ASPL Director Franklin Chang Díaz ASPL Director Franklin Chang Díaz, 2005   VASIMR System VASIMR® System
VASIMR Operating Princeples VASIMR® Operating Principles   VX-200 Plasma at Full Power 1st Stage and Full Magnetic Field VX-200 Plasma at Full Power 1st Stage and Full Magnetic Field
VX-200 Plasma at Full Power Both Stages and Full Magnetic Field VX-200 Plasma at Full Power Both Stages and Full Magnetic Field VX-200 Integration VX-200 Integration VX-200 Roll in the Chamber VX-200 Roll in the Chamber
VX-200 Schematic View VX-200 Schematic View Lunar Tug with 200 kW Solar Powered VASIMR Lunar Tug with 200 kW Solar Powered VASIMR® Bequo: Human Mission to Mars with 10 MW Nuclear Powered VASIMR Bekuo: Human Mission to Mars with 10 MW Nuclear Powered VASIMR®
Franklin Chang Diaz - VASIMR inventor Franklin Chang Diaz - VASIMR® inventor VX-200 inside the vacuum chamber VX-200 inside the vacuum chamber VX-200 inside the vacuum chamber VX-200 inside the vacuum chamber
Aurora: 200 kW VASIMR<sup>®</sup> demonstration on ISS (aristic concept) Aurora: 200 kW VASIMR® demonstration on ISS (artistic concept) Bequo: Human Mission to Mars with 200 MW Nuclear Powered VASIMR Bekuo: Human Mission to Mars with 200 MW Nuclear Powered VASIMR®
Bequo: Human Mission to Mars with 200 MW Nuclear Powered VASIMR Bekuo: Human Mission to Mars with 200 MW Nuclear Powered VASIMR® Bequo: Human Mission to Mars with 200 MW Nuclear Powered VASIMR Bekuo: Human Mission to Mars with 200 MW Nuclear Powered VASIMR®
Bequo: Human Mission to Mars with 200 MW Nuclear Powered VASIMR Bekuo: Human Mission to Mars with 200 MW Nuclear Powered VASIMR® Orbital Transfer Vehicle with 200 kW Solar Powered VASIMR Orbital Transfer Vehicle with 200 kW Solar Powered VASIMR®
VX-200 Operations: Oct 2009 VX-200 Operations: Oct 2009. Credit: Kat's Photography VX-200 Operations: Nov 2010 VX-200 Operations: Nov 2010
Astronaut Franklin Chang Díaz Astronaut Franklin R. Chang-Diaz, STS-111 mission specialist, participates in the extravehicular activity (EVA, 9 June 2002).   Astronaut Franklin Chang Díaz Astronaut Franklin R. Chang-Diaz, STS-111 mission specialist, participates in the EVA.