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Because of helium leaks and thruster failures after launching from Cape Canaveral, NASA opted to send Starliner back to Earth without its two crew, who stayed on board the space station eventually flying home on a SpaceX Crew Dragon and having remained in space for 10 months.
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Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 2 May 2026
The spacecraft will use a 20-kWe reactor fueled by HALEU (High-Assay Low-Enriched Uranium) to power advanced electric thrusters.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 23 Apr. 2026
Rocket Lab on Tuesday added a high-performance, Hall-effect satellite thruster to its growing catalog of space technologies and flight services, Aviation Week & Space Technology reports.
—Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 17 Apr. 2026
The 1,430-pound (650 kilograms) ISSA-J1 spacecraft will use a suite of thrusters and imaging systems to conduct rendezvous and proximity operations, enabling detailed visual inspections of target satellites and helping determine the causes of their failures.
—Andrew Jones, Space.com, 16 Apr. 2026
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Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 2 May 2026
The spacecraft will use a 20-kWe reactor fueled by HALEU (High-Assay Low-Enriched Uranium) to power advanced electric thrusters.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 23 Apr. 2026
Rocket Lab on Tuesday added a high-performance, Hall-effect satellite thruster to its growing catalog of space technologies and flight services, Aviation Week & Space Technology reports.
—Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 17 Apr. 2026
The 1,430-pound (650 kilograms) ISSA-J1 spacecraft will use a suite of thrusters and imaging systems to conduct rendezvous and proximity operations, enabling detailed visual inspections of target satellites and helping determine the causes of their failures.
—Andrew Jones, Space.com, 16 Apr. 2026
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“Thruster.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/thruster. Accessed 10 May. 2026.
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thruster
noun
thrust·er
ˈthrəs-tər 
: one that thrusts
especially
: an engine that produces thrust by discharging a jet of fluid or a stream of particles
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