NASA’s Nuclear Rocket Fuel Just Survived 4200°F – A Major Step Toward Mars
Electromagnetic Systems has successfully tested nuclear fuel that could power future rapid space missions, including trips to ...
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NASA and General Atomics test nuclear fuel for future moon and Mars missions
NASA and General Atomics tested the fuel by exposing it to temperatures up to 3,000 Kelvin (4,940 Fahrenheit or 2,727 Celsius ...
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INL’s enduring mission: How high-flux thermal irradiation testing became a foundation for US nuclear leadership
Seventy-five years ago, the sweeping landscape of the Idaho desert over the Snake River Aquifer was a land of sagebrush, ...
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Texas A&M University picks companies to develop nuclear reactors in 'energy proving ground'
The Texas A&M University System has taken a big step toward bringing more nuclear power ... “The Energy Proving Ground.” The companies will use the nuclear test bed to build small modular ...
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NASA's nuclear propulsion project aims for faster Mars travel
Nuclear thermal propulsion offers several advantages ... two years to develop the technology and plans to conduct a ground test. If the project shows potential, MARVL will enable manned missions ...