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A team of Idaho National Laboratory engineers is developing the technology to cut travel times to Mars in half. Here's why.

IAEA Opens Initiative to Enhance Fusion Energy Collaboration

“This demonstration will be a crucial step in meeting our Moon to Mars objectives for crew transportation into deep space," said the deputy administrator of NASA.

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.

NASA wants to design and demonstrate a working nuclear thermal rocket by 2027, according to Space.com. NASA Administrator Bill Nelson introduced the project on Tuesday (Jan. 24) during a presentation at the 2023 American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics

NASA selected a nuclear propulsion concept for Phase I development as part of its Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) program for 2023.