Plasmadynamics and Electric Propulsion Laboratory

Plasmadynamics and Electric Propulsion Laboratory (PEPL) is a University of Michigan laboratory facility for electric propulsion and plasma application research.

The primary goals of PEPL are to increase efficiency of electric propulsion systems, understand integration issues of plasma thrusters with spacecraft, and to identify non-propulsion applications of electric propulsion technology.

[1] PEPL currently houses the Large Vacuum Test Facility (LVTF).

The chamber was constructed in the 1960s by Bendix Corporation for testing of the Apollo Lunar Roving Vehicle and was later donated to the University of Michigan in 1982.

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