ESA Study Outlines 2035 Launch of Nuclear Propulsion Demonstrator
Brussels-based engineering firm Tractebel has completed a European Space Agency-commissioned study aimed at creating a roadmap towards the development of nuclear propulsion systems for space exploration. ESA began work on the pReliminary eurOpean reCKon on nuclEar elecTric pROpuLsion for space appLications (RocketRoll) initiative in 2022 under the agency’s Future Launchers Preparatory Programme. The study was […]
Published by European Spaceflight on 11/18/2024