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The US space agency NASA has selected three design concepts for a 40KW nuclear power system designed to last at least 10 years in the lunar environment to help "lay the groundwork for powering our long-term human presence on other worlds".
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Thursday, 23 June 2022
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Nuclear-power-on-the-Moon-NASA-selects-three-propo
Milestones achieved within a recent two-week period demonstrate what nuclear technology is all about, what it is doing and can do for humanity, Agneta Rising, World Nuclear Association director general, said ahead of the Association's Strategic eForum 2020.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Wednesday, 09 September 2020
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Speech-Worlds-of-possibilities-with-nuclear-techno
A new era of space exploration is dawning through the application of nuclear energy for rovers on Mars and the Moon, power generation at future bases on the surfaces of both and soon for rockets that enable interplanetary travel.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Friday, 27 July 2012
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Nuclear-a-stepping-stone-to-space-exploration