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New nuclear fuel withstands 4,220°F heat, will fly rockets to Mars in just 45 days
General Atomic's new nuclear fuel was subjected to the maximum heat of a reactor for 20 minutes in the latest tests.
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New fuel withstands nuclear thermal propulsion reactor conditions
General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) has successfully tested the nuclear fuel that may one day propel and power the spacecraft of the future. The trials verify that the fuel can survive ...
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General Atomics tests nuclear thermal propulsion fuel for space missions
General Atomics has completed several key tests for nuclear thermal propulsion (NTP) reactor technology at NASA’s MSFC.
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Nuclear Thermal Propulsion Reactor Fuel That Could Take Humans To Mars Tested At NASA Facility
A new type of nuclear thermal propulsion reactor fuel has been successfully tested at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center, ...
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Nuclear Reactor Test Requirements Put DRACO Launch Plans On Hold
A DRACO ground test would need to capture plume exhaust fully to ensure no radioactive materials are released to the ...
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Fuel Testing for Nuclear Thermal Propulsion Puts Mars Within Human Reach
American company General Atomics announced it completed a series of test on a nuclear fuel designed for the Nuclear Thermal ...
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NASA Tests Revolutionary Nuclear Propulsion Fuel That Could Take Humans to Mars in Just 45 Days
NASA has achieved a critical milestone in space exploration with the successful testing of advanced nuclear thermal ...
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NASA's nuclear propulsion project aims for faster Mars travel
For centuries, we have gazed into space with fascination, dreaming of traveling to distant planets. To turn these dreams into ...
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General Atomics Successfully Tests Nuclear Thermal Propulsion Reactor Fuel at NASA Marshal Space Flight Center
The nuclear fuel was tested with hot hydrogen flow through the samples and subjected to six thermal cycles that rapidly ramped-up ... to-three times more efficient than conventional chemical rocket ...