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With DRACO, DARPA aims to design, build and fly an NTP-powered spacecraft in orbit by fiscal 2026. If all goes as planned, it could serve as the basis of a Space Force fleet of NTP rocket upper stages that could push big satellites around.

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Atomos Space of Denver plans to start its business of moving satellites to their operational orbits with solar-powered tugs like the one in this illustration, but eventually shift to a nuclear-powered version. To test how the regulations for launching such a tug work, the company plans to launch a test reactor in the mid-2020s. Credit: Atomos Space

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Lockheed Martin last year submitted to DARPA its concept for a nuclear-powered spacecraft for the agency’s Demonstration Rocket for Agile Cislunar Operations, shown here in an illustration. The deliverables of Lockheed Martin’s Phase 1 contract included performance requirements for a nuclear thermal propulsion reactor. Credit: Lockheed Martin

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indian American A.C. Charania appointed as NASA's new chief technologist by replacing another Indian American Bhavya Lal .

 
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