Nuclear Space Reactor Fuel Passes Key NASA Impact Tests

Credit: General Atomics
COLORADO SPRINGS and LOS ANGELES—Long-term U.S. goals to develop technology for in-space nuclear propulsion have taken a step forward with the successful completion of initial high-impact reactor fuel tests at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. Ongoing tests of the General...
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