Artemis Missions

Nuclear-powered spaceships

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October 22, 2026 • 50 views
Original source: MIT Technology Review
Nuclear-powered spaceships

Just before the Artemis II crew began its historic slingshot around the moon this past April, NASA announced plans to build Space Reactor-1 Freedom. SR-1, the first-ever nuclear-reactor-­powered interplanetary spacecraft, is meant to fly an uncrewed mission t…

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