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The $499 million mission will be the first test in orbit of a nuclear spacecraft, NASA announced.

Nuclear Power for Cargo Ships on Earth and Rockets to Mars

NASA has partnered with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and Lockheed Martin to create a nuclear-powered rocket.

Experts from NASA and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) will hold a media teleconference at 1 p.m. EDT Wednesday, July 26, to discuss the latest developments in the Demonstration Rocket for Agile Cislunar Operations (DRACO) progra

ORLANDO — Lockheed Martin was awarded a contract by federal agency DARPA in partnership with NASA to build out an experimental nuclear-powered spacecraft that aims to make trips to the

Going Nuclear NASA, joined by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), could be testing a nuclear-powered rocket in space within the next three years. On Wednesday, the agencies announced that the aerospace company Lockheed Martin will design, build, and test a nuclear propulsion system as part of an ambitious new program called the Demonstration […]

Lockheed is designing a spacecraft that can carry an experimental nuclear reactor engine and fuel developed by Virginia-based BWXT.

Groundbreaking contract, valued at $500 million, is a major jump in space exploration with nuclear thermal propulsion engines

The Space Force is interested in DRACO primarily as an option for allowing it to undertake rapid on-orbit maneuvers, but also for potential future missions out to the Moon, Mars and beyond.

NASA, DARPA and industry partners shared details about a nuclear rocket engine test scheduled for test flight in 2027.