Abstract The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Plasma, Energy, & Space
Propulsion Laboratory (PESPL) presents the Discrete Electrospray Lagrangian Interaction …

II. Introduction lectrospray thrusters are a highly scalable form of electric propulsion with a
wide range of specific impulse capabilities. In 2015, such thrusters first demonstrated in …

HE UCLA Plasma & Space Propulsion Laboratory (PSPL)[1] is supporting the LISA Colloid
Microthruster Technology (CMT) development plan via experiments and modeling [2]. To …

View Video Presentation: https://doi. org/10.2514/6.2022-1358. vid The University of
California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Plasma\& Space Propulsion Laboratory (PSPL) has …

I. Introduction he Miniature Xenon Ion (MiXI) thruster is a 3 cm diameter DC ion thruster and
is well-suited as an efficient, high Isp, low power mN-scale micropropulsion system for future …

The study of plasma-material interactions (PMI) is fundamental to improving the performance
and lifetime of many electric propulsion (EP) devices. PMI processes such as ion-induced …

Colloid microthrusters have been operated successfully in flight, providing drag-free and
precision control for spacecraft that can be used for future applications such as gravity wave …

The UCLA Plasma & Space Propulsion Lab is using both high-speed microscopy and
emitter current measurements to provide insight into the electrohydrodynamics of …

The Laser Interferometry Space Antenna (LISA) mission is a “large-class” European-led
gravitational wave observatory [1, 2]. LISA is currently in Phase A with an expected launch …