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Please Note that items previous to 2021 are in the format of the old website.

See all posts related to nuclear power in space since 2020 here, older items can be found below:

Nuclear-Powered Rockets Get a Second Look for Travel to Mars – 23 December 2020
White House Paves Policy for Nuke-Powered Rockets & Reactors on Moon – 16 December 2020
White House Policy for Nuke-Powered Rockets & Reactors on Moon – 16 December 2020
White House releases space nuclear power strategy – 16 December 2020
Elon Musk (Space X) has gone nuts – 15 December 2020
The Big Push for Nukes in Space by Karl Grossman – 15 December 2020
The US military is getting serious about nuclear thermal propulsion – 15 June 2020
Private companies find role in developing nuclear power for space travel – 6 April 2020
Nuclear In Space – The NETS Meeting – 28 February 2019
NASA Tests New Nuclear Reactor For Future Space Travelers – 3 May 2018
Trump’s NASA Plans Are a Nuclear Disaster Waiting to Happen – 29 December 2017
Nuclear Power in Space – in Time of Trump – 18 November 2017
NASA Seeks Nuclear Power for Mars – 30 June 2017
The Crash of Cassini and the Nuclearization of Space by Karl Grossman – 27 April 2017
Solar-energized Juno to arrive at Jupiter on Independence Day – 27 June 2016
Dangerous Nukes in Space Push Returns – 4 February 2016
The Perils of Nuclear-Powered Space Flights by Karl Grossman – 29 June 2015
The Future of Nuclear Space Flights by Karl Grossman – 18 November 2014
SpaceX’s Elon Musk predicts super heavy Mars colony launch vehicles in 10 years – 4 February 2014
U.S. Makes First Plutonium in 25 Years, for Spacecraft – 19 March 2013
The Push for More Spaceborne Nuclear Russian Roulette – by Karl Grossman – July 31 2012
Nukes on Mars by Karl Grossman – July 30 2012
$20M plutonium project at ORNL to support space program – March 30 2012
Russian Radioactive Space Probe Lands Back on Earth by Karl Grossman – January 15 2012
Russia Mars probe ‘crashes into Pacific’ – January 15 2012
Russian spacecraft turned space junk to crash soon – January 12 2012
Russia’s Mars probe will crash back to Earth in January – December 16 2011
Will Mars rover Curiosity be the last of its nuclear kind? – November 25 2011
Nuclear or Solar, Where Does the Future of Space Exploration Lie? – November 24 2011
Tampa Plutonium Protest: Opponents of NASA’s Upcoming Mars Rover Plutonium Launch to Warn “Don’t Do Disney!” – November 17 2011
Update on Planned Launch of Plutonium-Fueled “Curiosity” Rover from Karl Grossman – November 17 2011
The Coming Crash of Phobos-Grunt: What if it had been carrying Plutonium? by Karl Grossman – November 13 2011
The Curiosity Mission: Nukes in Space by Karl Grossman – November 9 2011
Mission Irresponsible by Karl Grossman – July 27 2011
NASA and Nukes – a Recipe for Disaster – July 22 2011
What Could Truly End the Space Program? A Nuclear Disaster Overhead – July 21 2011
Next Plutonium Space Launch Set – July 1 2011
Fifty Years of Space Nuclear Power – June 28 2011
INL’s Plutonium-fueled Mars Hoppers headed for space? – February 9 2011
Russia To Start Work On Nuclear Space Engine Next – November 24 2010
NASA, U.S. Energy Department Would Split Cost of Restarting Pu-238 Production – February 15 2010
Russia Withholding Plutonium NASA Needs for Deep Space Exploration – December 11 2009
Nuclear Power In Space – August 15 2007
Public Comment Time: Draft EIS for Space Radioisotope Power Systems – February 2006
Nuclear rocket testing may be revived for NASA – September 6 2005
Nuclear-reactor spacecraft poor for astronomy – August 31 2005
Fire in the Sky – July 12 2005
US resumes production of Cold War plutonium – June 28 2005
NASA’s New Horizons Mission Final Environmental Impact Statement – June 28 2005
Nuke-lab rockets to reach for stars – June 27 2005
US Has Plans to Again Make Own Plutonium – June 27 2005
INL Eyes Plutonium for Powering Spacecraft – June 14 2005
Idaho could be hub for plutonium, space work – June 11 2005
NASA’s Prometheus Nuclear Propulsion Work Questioned– May 11 2005
Rep. Cynthia McKinney tries to defund nuclear rocket: help needed – May 11 2005
Project Prometheus Nuclear Rocket Budget Information – April 26 2005
NASA Space Nuclear Rocket Environmental Impact Statement – April 21 2005
NASA’s Prometheus: Fire, Smoke and Mirrors – April 6 2005
Hearing set tonight on nuclear Pluto mission – March 29 2005
National Environmental Policy Act Development of Nuclear Reactors for Space Electric Power Applications – March 30 2005
The Case Against the Plutonium Space Race – March 16 2005
Prometheus looks to nuke future – March 8 2005
Russia Suggests International Nuclear Project to Conquer Outer Space – March 2 2005
2009 Mars Rover will be Nuclear Powered – December 14 2004
Prometheus Pre-empted? New Nuclear Fission Missions Evaluated – December 10 2004
NASA Goes Nuclear – Signs DOE Agreement – August 7 2004
NASA Signs Space Nuclear Power Agreement With Department Of Energy – August 5 2004
Space programs out, cemeteries in as war-time US budget axe falls – July 21 2004
No to nukes in orbit. Space travel is too risky to expand the use of nuclear power into the heavens – February 26 2004
Labs look to nuke juice for space missions – February 12 2004
Nuke drive touted for Mars – February 11 2004
Los Alamos Hopes To Lead New Era Of Nuclear Space Tranportion With Jovian Mission – February 11 2004
Bush Launches a Dangerous Space Policy – January 2004
Bush Plays With Fire: Launching a Dangerous Space Policy – January 2004
Sierra Club’s ‘Project Prometheus’ Interview with Keystone Center (pdf file) – January 19 2004
Nuclear power may get us to Mars faster – January 17 2004
Ion Engine Design Passes Key Test– December 30 2003
NASA Successfully Tests Ion Engine– November 24 2003
Nuclear-Powered Spacecraft Is Proposed for Voyage to Jupiter – December 16 2003
Boeing Selects Leader for Nuclear Space Systems Program – September 25 2003
Boeing-Led Team to Study Nuclear-Powered Space Systems – August 1 2003
Boeing, Lockheed Offer NASA Two Choices for Nuclear Power – July 21 2003
Space-borne Power Generator Could One Day Power Mars Bases – July 3 2003
NASA nuclear orbiter to search for oceans on 3 Jupiter moons – June 11 2003
Prometheus: Lighting NASA’s Nuclear Fire – April 23 2003
Groups fear NASA nuclear danger– March 15 2003
NASA’S Nuclear Prometheus Project Viewed as Major Paradigm Shift – March 7 2003
Nuclear-Powered Spacecraft Plan Feared – February 4 2003
Space Radioisotope Power Systems – The Technology and Applications (183KB pdf file) – February 2003
Will There Be A Nuclear Space Race Between America And China – January 28 2003
Nuclear Power In Space And The Impact On Earth’s Ecosystem – January 27 2003
NASA says Mars Nuclear launches safe – January 25 2003
NASA to go nuclear – January 22 2003
Oh man! Look at those spacemen go … – January 18 2003
White House Go-Ahead ON NASA Nuclear Prometheus Project – January 17 2003
NASA Sets Its Sights on Nuclear Space Rocket – January 17 2003
Bush Expanding Nuclear Power for Space – January 2003
Bush Expanding Nuclear Power for Space: Threatens Planetary Ecosystem – January 2003
Advanced Propulsion – September 16 2002
Space Power– September 2002
Plutonium in Space (Again!) – by Karl Grossman, Summer 2002
Space Radioisotope Power Systems – Multi-Mission Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator (249KB pdf file) – April 2002
Space Radioisotope Power Systems – Stirling Radioisotope Generator (494KB pdf file) – April 2002
NASA planning to revive nuclear power programs – February 13 2002
NASA Seeks $1 Billion for Nuclear Propulsion Plan – February 7 2002
The Return of Space Nuclear Reactors – February 1 2002
NASA considers nuclear boosters for space rockets – July 5 2001
From Earth To Mars In As Little As Two Weeks? – January 1 2001
Marshall scientists look for cheaper way of going into space – October 20 2000
Mission Cancellations Loom for NASA – August 5 2000
Nuclear Power: The Future of Spaceflight? – July 22 2000
Will Nuclear Power Put Humans On Mars? – May 21 2000
Europa Orbiter Delayed until 2010 – April 19 2000
Nuclear-powered Probes In the Plans for Mars – Mar 8 2000
Researchers push nuclear power for Manned Mars trips – Dec 1999
Polluting the Final Frontier – July 1999
Nuclear Powered Space Missions – Past and Future – August, 1998
Nuclear Rocket to Mars Making Comeback – 2/10/97
Audit Report on Timber Wind (1.96MB PDF file) – 16/12/92