NASA Fires Up Nuclear Future for Deep Space Travel

NASA Fires Up Nuclear Future for Deep Space Travel
By Mark Thompson (https://ift.tt/bXis9AO)

NASA has completed its first major testing of nuclear reactor hardware for spacecraft propulsion in over 50 years, marking a crucial step toward faster, more capable deep space missions. Engineers at Marshall Space Flight Center conducted more than 100 ‘cold flow’ tests on a full scale reactor engineering development unit throughout 2025, gathering vital data on how propellant flows through the system under various conditions.

January 30, 2026 at 03:31AM
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