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Nukes in Space

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Everyone needs to calm down’: experts assess Russian nuclear space threat

February 15, 2024
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| ASATs, Nukes in Space, Russia, Satellites, Space Treaties, Space Weapons

Image by Getty / Futurism By Nicola Davis, Published by The Guardian, 15 February 2024 Attacks in Earth’s orbit as likely to damage Russian interests as western ones, says leading academic Rumours that Russia is planning to deploy nuclear weapons in space have been dampened down by experts who say

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An artist's concept of possible nuclear fission reactors on the Moon. Credit: NASA

NASA Plan to Put a Nuclear Reactor on The Moon Edges Closer to Reality

February 10, 2024
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| Mars missions, Moon missions, NASA, Nukes in Space

An artist's concept of possible nuclear fission reactors on the Moon. Credit: NASA By Carolyn Collins Peterson, Published by Universe Today, 10 February 2024 What's the most important thing you need to live and work on the Moon? Power. For NASA's upcoming Artemis program, getting power to lunar bases is a

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Nuclear power on the moon: NASA wraps up 1st phase of ambitious reactor project

February 2, 2024
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| Artemis, Moon missions, Nukes in Space

Artist's illustration of a power system on the moon. NASA plans a sustained presence on the moon and eventually Mars. Safe, efficient, reliable energy will be key to future robotic and human exploration. (Image credit: NASA) By Andrew Jones, Published by Space.com, 2 February 2024 The project aims to get

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Chandrayaan-3 lander and rover Chandrayaan-3 lander and rover ISRO’s Chandrayaan-3 lander is seen here with its ramp unfolded, revealing a small rover that will drive on the lunar surface.Image: ISRO

Nuclear secret: India’s space program uses plutonium pellets to power missions

February 1, 2024
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| India, Mars missions, Moon missions, Nukes in Space

Chandrayaan-3 lander and rover ISRO’s Chandrayaan-3 lander is seen here with its ramp unfolded, revealing a small rover that will drive on the lunar surface.Image: ISRO Posted by Intel-Drop, 1 February 2024 New Delhi is experimenting with radioisotopes to charge its robotic missions to the Moon, Mars and beyond Indians

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Rolls-Royce unveils mock-up of future Moon reactor

December 10, 2023
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| Moon missions, Nukes in Space

Mock-up of the Rolls-Royce lunar micro-reactor: Rolls-Royce By David Szondy, Published by New Atlas, 10 December 2023 Rolls-Royce gave us a glimpse of the nuclear future of next-generation spacecraft and Moon bases when it unveiled a mock-up of its Space Micro-Reactor Concept Model at the UK Space Conference in Belfast, which ran

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US military gives Lockheed Martin $33.7 million to develop nuclear spacecraft

November 10, 2023
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Los Alamos National Laboratory's concept of a space nuclear reactor system to produce high-power electricity. (Image credit: LANL) By Andrew Jones, Published by Space.com, 10 November 2023 The aerospace giant will develop power and propulsion systems under its JETSON project. Lockheed Martin has been handed a contract to work on nuclear-powered

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A NASA concept for a lunar fission power system. NASA is funding three teams to study reactor designs but the future of the program is uncertain. Credit: NASA

Air Force Research Lab awards design contracts for nuclear powered spacecraft

October 3, 2023
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| NASA, Nukes in Space, Spending

A NASA concept for a lunar fission power system. NASA is funding three teams to study reactor designs but the future of the program is uncertain. Credit: NASA By Sandra Erwin, Published by SpaceNews, 3 October 2023 Intuitive Machines, Lockheed Martin and Westinghouse Government Services will support AFRL’s project known

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Moon base: Bangor scientists design fuel to live in space

September 4, 2023
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| Artemis, Moon missions, Nukes in Space

By Peter Gillibrand & Rob Thomas, Publised by the BBC, 4 September 2023 Scientists have developed an energy source which could allow astronauts to live on the Moon for long periods of time. The Nasa-led Artemis Program hopes for an outpost on the Moon by around 2030. Bangor University has

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