especially: an engine (such as a jet engine) that develops thrust by expelling a jet of fluid or a stream of particles
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Their return was delayed amid mechanical issues, helium leaks and problems with Starliner's service module thruster.—Gabrielle Rockson, People.com, 7 Aug. 2025 The mission gained worldwide attention when the spacecraft experienced several serious issues en route to the space station, including thruster outages and gas leaks.—Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 6 Aug. 2025 For course corrections and other small changes in trajectory, small thrusters fueled by relatively stable liquid and gases will do.—David Szondy
july 21, New Atlas, 21 July 2025 Only the exhaust from the attitude control thrusters was generated with CGI.—ArsTechnica, 29 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for thruster
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