Last year, NASA conducted a successful test of a new nuclear power generator called Kilopower under a program called Kilowatt Using Stirling Technology or KRUSTY for short. The generator ran a series ...

NASA and the Department of Energy are working together to create a nuclear source of energy that can be used in future missions. The Kilopower's compact size and efficiency in generating power could ...

NASA is pushing for a viable energy source that can be used in space. The quest to put a colony of people in space starts with being able to make a small habitat for astronauts to live, provide a ...

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is developing a new generation of modular nuclear reactors that will power manned outposts on the moon and Mars, providing a simple, yet ...

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The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) will this month start testing uranium-fuelled Stirling engines for use in possible future missions to Mars. The technology has been developed ...

An energy project that could make it possible for humans to live off Martian land now is underway at NASA. That project, known as Kilopower, is developing and testing a nuclear power system, with a ...

NASA has successfully tested a new nuclear reactor power system that could one day provide power to people living on Mars. The reactor, called the Kilopower Reactor was tested at the NNSA’s Nevada ...

Many of our most ambitious space missions to space have been made possible using nuclear power. On Thursday (Jan. 18), scientists and officials from NASA and the Department of Energy gathered at the ...