Put simply, it describes an orbit that would allow a vehicle to travel continuously between Earth and Mars while needing only an occasional engine burn ... An early KSP proof of concept for ...

All acceleration and braking manoeuvres taken together, down to the lowest orbit round Ceres, will amount to about 2000 days of operation for Dawn's three ion engines; the total change in velocity of ...

Ion thrusters are the most common primary engine powering satellites through orbital maneuvers today. But to travel from ...