US Plans To Launch A Nuclear Reactor Into Space For The First Time Since The 1960s
On April 3 , 1965 , NASA launch the Systems for Nuclear Auxiliary Power 10A ( SNAP10A ) , the first nuclear galvanizing propulsion arrangement ever fired into distance . While in reach , the ion pusher organisation was powered by a space - worthynuclear reactor . Now , intimately 60 long time afterwards , the US is planning to launch a atomic nuclear reactor into space once again ....