OSIRIS-REx contacts the asteroid Bennu with the Touch-And-Go Sample Arm Mechanism or TAGSAM. Credit: NASA

In-Space Power & Propulsion

Aerojet Rocketdyne supplies traditional mono- and bi-propellant chemical thrusters and is a world leader in new technologies including mass-saving electric propulsion, thrusters using non-toxic propellants, and nuclear power systems for planetary probes and landers such as NASA’s Mars Perseverance Rover.

Illustration of DART, from behind the NEXT–C ion engine. Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins APL