spaceship Kosmokrator in the Eastern German/Polish science fiction movie Der Schweigende Stern (1960). Minute 28:10. In the 1968 Star Trek episode "Spock's Brain", Scotty is repeatedly impressed by a civilization's use of ion power. The popular Imperial TIE Fighter spacecraft from the Star Wars franchise are propelled by Twin Ion Engines, hence the name. See also Advanced Electric Propulsion System Colloid thruster Comparison of orbital rocket engines Electrically powered spacecraft propulsion List of spacecraft with electric propulsion Nano-particle field extraction thruster Nuclear electric rocket Nuclear pulse propulsion Plasma actuator Plasma propulsion engine Plasma speaker Spacecraft propulsion References Bibliography ElectroHydroDynamic Thrusters (EHDT) RMCybernetics External links Jet Propulsion Laboratory/NASA Colorado State University Electric Propulsion & Plasma Engineering (CEPPE) Laboratory Geoffrey A. Landis: Laser-powered Interstellar Probe Choueiri, Edgar Y. (2009) New dawn of electric rocket The Ion Drive The revolutionary ion engine that took spacecraft to Ceres Electric Propulsion Sub-Systems Stationary plasma thrusters Articles "NASA Trumps Star Trek: Ion Drive Live!" The Daily Galaxy 13 April 2009. "The Ultimate Space Gadget: NASA's Ion Drive Live!" The Daily Galaxy, 7 July 2009. An early experimental ion engine is on display at the Aerospace Discovery at the Florida Air Museum. Magnetic propulsion devices Emerging technologies Spacecraft propulsion Russian inventions