Kilopower tackles a few different problems in spacecraft design: existing nuclear power systems rely on a fuel we've essentially run out of, solar power becomes increasingly feeble the further from ...

The Kilopower reactors are tiny nuclear reactors that have been redesigned for safe power. The full power runs for the test reactors will be done this month and the next two months. Before the ...

Last year, NASA conducted a successful test of a new nuclear power generator called Kilopower under a program called Kilowatt Using Stirling Technology or KRUSTY for short. The generator ran a series ...

NASA and the Department of Energy have just tested a small fission nuclear reactor named KRUSTY (Kilowatt Reactor Using Stirling Technology) in the Nevada desert, in what could be a way to provide ...

Kilopower lead engineer Marc Gibson and Vantage Partner’s Jim Sanzi install hardware on the Kilopower assembly at the Nevada National Security Site during testing in March. (NNSS Photo) That’s one ...

Here on Earth, the ability to generate electricity is something we take for granted. We can count on the sun to illuminate solar panels, and the movement of air and water to spin turbines. Fossil ...

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) will this month start testing uranium-fuelled Stirling engines for use in possible future missions to Mars. The technology has been developed ...

NASA and the Department of Energy are working together to create a nuclear source of energy that can be used in future missions. The Kilopower's compact size and efficiency in generating power could ...

An energy project that could make it possible for humans to live off Martian land now is underway at NASA. That project, known as Kilopower, is developing and testing a nuclear power system, with a ...

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration yesterday announced the successful testing of a uranium-fuelled Stirling engine for use in possible future missions to Mars. Testing of the Kilopower ...

NASA has successfully tested a new nuclear reactor power system that could one day provide power to people living on Mars. The reactor, called the Kilopower Reactor was tested at the NNSA’s Nevada ...

NASA is working on a nuclear reactor to power (and later propel) deep-space exploration, such as human missions to the moon and Mars. Kilopower is a 1- to 10-kilowatt design that could theoretically ...