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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.