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DARPA and NASA are advancing toward the goal of the world’s first in-orbit demonstration of a nuclear thermal rocket (NTR) engine via DRACO, the Demonstration

The spacecraft, known as DRACO (Demonstration Rocket for Agile Cislunar Operations), is a project being led by NASA and the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA).

NASA is working on a project to use nuclear thermal propulsion. It has been named DRACO or Demonstration Rocket for Agile Cislunar Operations and it aims to have an in-space test of Nuclear Thermal Propulsion or the NPT. Know the technical detail.

"NASA is looking to go to Mars with this system."

The space agency has toyed with some big ideas over the years, but some things are even too NASA for NASA.

A nuclear thermal rocket engine in development could one day transport humans to Mars.

NASA has signed an interagency agreement with DARPA to build a nuclear thermal rocket by 2027. What happens when you combine NASA's space expertise and Pentagon's military prowess? It is likely that you would get a technological advancement in epic proportions! The US space agency has laid out its vision to build and demonstrate a nuclear thermal rocket to expand the horizons for future space flight missions.

A nuclear thermal engine for a space rocket could be three or more times as efficient as conventional chemical rockets.

NASA says they are testing the rocket engine with a plan to have an in-space demonstration by 2027. This technology could help astronauts travel to and from planets faster.

NASA and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency are partnering to develop nuclear thermal propulsion rockets, with hopes of using the engines to send human crews to Mars, the space agency announced Tuesday.