NASA's Next Big Step In Space Travel Will Be A Nuclear-Powered Mission To Mars

NASA has plans for a giant leap in its method of space travel, beginning with a nuclear-powered mission to Mars that's ...
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First-of-its-kind NASA lithium MPD thruster hits 120 kW in ground test

NASA has successfully ignited a prototype magnetoplasmadynamic thruster powered by lithium metal vapor, reaching ...
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The Missing Link in America’s Nuclear Space Strategy

The United States and private space companies are advancing ambitious lunar and deep-space programs centered on nuclear power systems. Nuclear technologies, including radioisotope systems and fission ...
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White House issues new policy push for nuclear power systems in space

The United States wants a nuclear reactor running on the Moon by the end of this decade, and the White House has now stacked three executive actions on top of one another to make it happen. Across a ...