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NASA’s Nuclear-Powered Spacecraft Poised to Transform Mars Exploration
NASA is developing a groundbreaking spacecraft concept designed to revolutionize Mars travel. The ambitious plan involves ...
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NASA and General Atomics test nuclear fuel for future moon and Mars missions
NASA and General Atomics tested the fuel by exposing it to temperatures up to 3,000 Kelvin (4,940 Fahrenheit or 2,727 Celsius ...
Inside Nasa's fight to save Earth from colossal asteroid - doomed date to deflection mission
A recently-discovered asteroid, which is estimated to be between 130ft and 330ft in diameter, could strike Planet Earth in ...
‘Don’t have time’…Dire warning on ‘city-killer’ asteroid hurtling towards Earth as expert casts doubt on deflecting rock
SCIENTISTS do not have much time to deflect an asteroid a size of a football pitch that is hurtling towards Earth, an expert ...
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Nuclear Rocket Fuel Test Success Paves the Way for Faster Space Travel
While this latest test doesn’t make nuclear-powered rocket engines viable just yet, it’s an important step on the journey.
Space nukes, solar lasers & ‘gravity tractors’…how mankind could stop asteroid 2024 YR4 from smashing into Earth
SCIENTISTS have unveiled several options to stop 2024 YR4, an asteroid the size of a football pitch from smashing into Earth. It comes after an expert warned that the chance of the giant space ...
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Inside Nasa’s sci-fi movie battle to save earth from asteroid strike that could cause more damage than 100 nuclear bombs
“We might even have to consider the severe measures of sending up a nuclear weapon ... American space agency Nasa started formulating a test mission for deflecting an asteroid in 2015.
Nuclear weapon or laser? How to stop the asteroid on collision course with Earth
Scientists are debating multiple options to deal with an asteroid which could hit Earth in 2032 – but one is emerging as the ...
NASA, General Atomics Test Nuclear Fuel for Faster Mars Missions
NASA and General Atomics successfully tested nuclear fuel for faster, more efficient space travel, pushing Mars missions forward.
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Nuclear Rocket Fuel Test Success Paves the Way for Faster Space Travel
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