Since 2015, NASA and the United States Department of Energy have been working on the Kilopower project, which aims to develop a small, lightweight, and extremely reliable nuclear reactor that they ...

The partnership will build on Ad Astra's 20-year experience with the Variable Specific Impulse Magnetoplasma Rocket (VASIMR) and SpaceNukes' Kilopower reactor technology. The VASIMR and Kilopower ...

Enter another form of nuclear energy—the traditional kind. SpaceNukes has been working on its Kilopower reactor in various guises for more than 10 years and has proven a functional system at 1kW ...

George W. Walker, Vice President for Styling at Ford Scientists are still trying to shrink reactor technology. In 2018, NASA unveiled its Kilopower reactor project. That prototype is just six feet ...

NASA is developing compact nuclear reactors with the project known as Kilopower. These reactors, designed to provide continuous power for years, will be critical to the success of long-duration ...