Official NASA Photo of Franklin Chang Díaz |
ASPL Director Franklin Chang Díaz, 2005 |
VASIMR® System |
VX-200 Plasma at Full Power Both Stages |
VX-200 Integration |
VX-200 Roll in the Chamber |
VX-200 Schematic View |
Lunar Tug with 200 kW Solar Powered VASIMR® |
Human Mission to Mars with 10 MW NEP-VASIMR® |
Franklin Chang Diaz - VASIMR® inventor |
VX-200 inside the vacuum chamber |
VX-200 inside the vacuum chamber |
Aurora: 200 kW VASIMR® demo on ISS |
Bekuo: Human Mission to Mars with 200 MW NEP |
Bekuo: Human Mission to Mars with 200 MW NEP |
Bekuo: Human Mission to Mars with 200 MW NEP |
Bekuo: Human Mission to Mars with 200 MW NEP |
Orbital Transfer Vehicle with 200 kW Solar Powered VASIMR® |
VX-200 Operations: Oct 2009 |
VX-200 Operations: Nov 2010 |
Franklin R. Chang-Diaz, STS-111 mission specialist, EVA, 9 June 2002 |
Franklin R. Chang-Diaz, during STS-111 EVA. |
VASIMR® OTV for debris removal |
VASIMR® OTV for NEA retreival |
VASIMR® OTV for asteroid deflection |
VASIMR® engine for ISS drag compensation |
Bekuo: Interplanetary Human VASIMR-NEP mission |