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Nuclear-powered spaceships

NASA announced plans to build Space Reactor-1 Freedom, which is intended to be the first nuclear-reactor-powered interplanetary spacecraft. This uncrewed mission is scheduled to fly to Mars by the end of 2028, arriving in 2029.

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