Previous NASA rockets have used a variety of chemical fuels to get off the ground and move in space. The new Demonstration Rocket for Agile Cislunar Operations (DRACO) project seeks to use nuclear ...

DARPA and NASA are advancing toward the goal of the world’s first in-orbit demonstration of a nuclear thermal rocket (NTR) engine via DRACO, the Demonstration Rocket for Agile Cislunar Operations.

In 2025, if all goes according to plan, NASA will launch the first-ever nuclear fission-powered rocket into space. The Demonstration Rocket for Agile Cislunar Operations (DRACO) won’t go very far. It ...

The USA's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has finalised an agreement with Lockheed Martin to begin work on the fabrication and design of an experimental nuclear thermal rocket and its engine ...

DARPA has released a presolicitation for phase 2 and 3 of its Demonstration Rocket for Agile Cislunar Operations (DRACO) program, an effort to develop a nuclear thermal rocket engine. DARPA is ...

Lockheed Martin Space will build a spacecraft to test nuclear-powered rocket engine technology that NASA and the U.S. military are funding as a step toward interplanetary travel. The Bethesda defense ...

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