An American nuclear spaceship is heading for Mars, and it’s bringing helicopters

NASA's Moon Base Phase 3 creator's concept. (CREDIT: NASA)

For decades, nuclear activity has been the center of proposals for aeronautical engineering and government studies, always promising, never leaving the laboratory. That changes in 2028. NASA has announced that it will launch the Space Reactor-1 Freedom, described by the agency as the first nuclear-powered interplanetary spacecraft, on its way to Mars before the end … Read more