Spacetober 2023 10. Engine - Ion thruster

NSTAR electrostatic ion thruster used by the Deep Space 1 spacecraft.

Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ion_Engine_Test_Firing_-_GPN-2000-000482.jpg

Drawn using a mechanical pencil with a 0.5 mm HB lead, and red, orange and yellow color pencils. Colors were then inverted in Photoshop.