Space Daily August 21, 2026 • 14:55

NASA plans to send a working nuclear reactor toward Mars in late 2028. Space Reactor-1 Freedom will split uranium atoms in deep space to generate electricity for its engines — the first test of a technology NASA hopes will eventually help power human missi - Space Daily

SR-1 Freedom would start a 20-kilowatt-electric HALEU reactor after Earth escape, power a Hall thruster and deliver three SkyFall helicopters at Mars in 2029.

NASA has put a date on an idea that the United States has studied for more than six decades without sending beyond Earth orbit. The agency is targeting late 2028 for Space Reactor-1 Freedom, a roughl… [+11180 chars]

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NASA plans to send a working nuclear reactor toward Mars in late 2028. Space Reactor-1 Freedom will split uranium atoms in deep space to generate electricity for its engines — the first test of a technology NASA hopes will eventually help power human missi - Space Daily

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