Dmytro Rafalskyi, ThrustMe chief technology officer, is holding NPT30, the firm's modular electric propulsion system based on gridded ion thruster technology. ThrustMe CEO Ane Aanesland is holding I2T5, the firm's new cold gas thruster.

Spacety and  ThrustMe reported success in initial on-orbit testing of an iodine-fueled cubesat thruster at the Space Tech Expo Europe.

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Debra Werner is a correspondent for SpaceNews based in San Francisco. Debra earned a bachelor’s degree in communications from the University of California, Berkeley, and a master’s degree in Journalism from Northwestern University. She is a recipient...