ESA to Adapt Ariane 6 for Nuclear-Powered Argonaut Missions
The European Space Agency expects to make specific safety adaptations to the Ariane 6 rocket for future launches of its Argonaut lunar landers that will carry a Radioisotope Power System. The modifications will not, however, be required for the spacecraft’s first mission. Argonaut is ESA’s planned heavy lunar lander that is designed to deliver up […]
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Published by European Spaceflight on 08/24/2026