NASA is building the first nuclear reactor-powered interplanetary spacecraft. How will it work?
From MIT Technology Review Narrated by MIT Technology Review
May 13, 2026 · 14 min
About this episode
NASA plans to develop a nuclear powered spacecraft for a Mars mission by 2028, which experts consider ambitious.
NASA wants to fly a nuclear powered spaceship to Mars by the end of 2028. Experts say that’s … ambitious. This story was written by Robin George Andrews and narrated by Noa - newsoveraudio.com
People in this episode
Host: Noa
Topics covered
- nuclear power
- spacecraft
- Mars mission
- technology
- NASA
Keywords
- nuclear reactor
- interplanetary spacecraft
- Mars
- NASA
- space technology
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Organizations: NASA
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