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NASA’s Psyche Mission Looking Into Propulsion System problem. After a pressure drop in one of two lines feeding xenon gas to the spacecrafts thrusters, falling from 36 psi to ~26 psi.

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NASA’s Psyche Mission Looking Into Propulsion System problem. After a pressure drop in one of two lines feeding xenon gas to the spacecrafts thrusters, falling from 36 psi to ~26 psi.

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Space & Astronomy@mander.xyzEnglish · 4 days ago

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NASA’s Psyche Mission Looking Into Propulsion System - NASA Science

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Engineers with NASA’s Psyche mission are working to determine what caused a recent decrease in fuel pressure in the spacecraft’s propulsion system.

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Gotta be a leak somewhere

Leaks are never a good thing, hopefully the backup has enough xenon to complete the mission

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