Ion Jet at Hypersonic Flight Display Size:20" x 20" Palace of Mechanic Arts and

Palace of Mechanic Arts and lagoon at the World's Columbian Exposition

It is one of the birds commonly represented in Egyptian hieroglyphics

Poster shows "Special Cruise from Vancouver Victoria

facing right for the World Telegram & Sun photo by Fred Palumbo

with the Tofane mountains in the distance

Ion Jet at Hypersonic Flight Display Size:20" x 20" Palace of Mechanic Arts andFull Description Ion Jet at Hypersonic Flight Display. The ion rocket provides very low thrust at great efficiency. First developed in the 1950s, it was later used by the Soviet Union, and American commercial spacecraft, and was evaluated by NASA and the National Reconnaissance Office for government missions. Photographed by Bill Bowles for NACA the predicessor to NASA, 09 27 1957.