NASA Invests in New Nuclear Rocket Concept for the Future of ...

NASA, DARPA Will Test Nuclear Engine for Future Mars Missions

NASA and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) announced Tuesday a collaboration to demonstrate a nuclear thermal rocket engine in space.

NASA invests in new nuclear rocket concept for the future of space ...

We propose a thin film nuclear isotope engine with sufficient capability to search, rendezvous, and then return samples from distant and rapidly moving ...

Space Nuclear Propulsion - NASA

Space Nuclear Propulsion (SNP) is one technology that can provide high thrust and double the propellant efficiency of chemical rockets, making it a viable ...

NASA invests in new nuclear rocket concept for the future of space ...

The design is a way to get direct access to high speed alpha particles, kind of like a fission fragment rocket. Would be nice if you could scale ...

NASA and DARPA will build a nuclear rocket by 2027 - Space.com

NASA and DARPA announced a collaboration to demonstrate a working nuclear thermal rocket by 2027 with the goal of sending humans to Mars as ...

DARPA, NASA Collaborate on Nuclear Thermal Rocket Engine

“DARPA and NASA have a long history of fruitful collaboration in advancing technologies for our respective goals, from the Saturn V rocket that ...

NASA Doubles Down, Advances 6 Innovative Tech Concepts to ...

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, the leading center for robotic exploration of the solar system.

NASA, DARPA to launch nuclear rocket to orbit by early 2026 | Space

NASA and DARPA plan to launch a nuclear-powered spacecraft to Earth orbit in the next few years, to test propulsion technology that could ...

NASA Picks Lockheed Martin to Build a Nuclear-Powered Rocket

Background: Back to the future ... Nuclear propulsion for space is not a new idea. In the 1950s and 1960s, Project Orion — financed by NASA, the ...

NASA, DARPA Partner with Industry on Mars Rocket Engine

NASA and DARPA partnered on the DRACO program to advance development of nuclear thermal rocket technology, supporting both agencies' goals.

NASA's 'Nuclear Option' May Be Crucial for Getting Humans to Mars

And in July 2021 congressional appropriators earmarked $110 million for NASA to advance development of a new nuclear rocket suitable for sending ...

NASA to test nuclear rocket engine that could take humans to Mars ...

"DARPA and NASA have a long history of fruitful collaboration in advancing technologies for our respective goals, from the Saturn V rocket that ...

NASA Announces Nuclear Thermal Propulsion Reactor Concept ...

NASA is leading an effort, working with the Department of Energy (DOE), to advance space nuclear technologies.

Is Nuclear Propulsion Coming Back? NASA Awards New ... - YouTube

In this week's spaceflight update, NASA has awarded contracts to 11 companies for cutting-edge space technologies, while Lockheed Martin ...

Nuclear & Space: Nuclear Thermal Propulsion - X-energy

The idea for nuclear thermal propulsion is almost as old as the space age itself... an idea once ahead of its time. NASA ...

Is nuclear power the key to space exploration? - Al Jazeera

And last year, NASA awarded a contract to Westinghouse to develop a concept for a nuclear reactor to power a future moon base. “There's a ...

6 Things You Should Know About Nuclear Thermal Propulsion

NASA wants to send astronauts to Mars, and they could do it with nuclear-powered rocket engines. Nuclear thermal propulsion (NTP) systems ...

DARPA Kicks Off Design, Fabrication for DRACO Experimental NTR ...

DARPA, in collaboration with NASA, is advancing toward the goal of the world's first in-orbit demonstration of a nuclear thermal rocket ...

Nuclear Technology Set to Propel and Power Future Space ...

Humanity is poised to embark on a new age of space travel to Mars, our solar system and beyond as nuclear power and related technologies ...

NASA Announces Artemis Concept Awards for Nuclear Power on ...

The agencies have selected three design concept proposals for a fission surface power system design that could be ready to launch by the end of the decade.