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NASA Is Back Testing Nuclear Propulsion for Spaceships for the First Time Since the 1960s

American space agency NASA announced it had completed a test campaign for the first flight reactor engineering development unit since the 1960s.

NASA testing advances space nuclear propulsion capabilities

Nuclear propulsion and power technologies could unlock new frontiers in missions to the moon, Mars, and beyond. NASA has reached an important milestone advancing nuclear propulsion that could benefit ...
Nuclear Engineering International

NASA tests nuclear space tech

NASA engineers have completed first cold-flow tests of a full-scale nuclear thermal propulsion reactor, validating designs ...
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NASA Conducts Cold Flow Testing of Nuclear Propulsion for Future Space Missions

Cold-flow tests at NASA Marshall demonstrated the stability of a nuclear propulsion design aimed at reducing travel times to the moon and Mars.
SFGate

AI is making spacecraft propulsion more efficient – and could even lead to nuclear-powered rockets

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) (THE CONVERSATION) Every year, companies and space agencies launch hundreds of rockets ...

Plasma engines are emerging as the next frontier in deep-space propulsion

Plasma propulsion transforms an inert propellant – often hydrogen – into plasma, a superheated mix of ions and electrons. Magnetic fields then funnel and accelerate the ...