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Kilopower Media Event

Power System Prototype
Kilopower Media Event

A power system prototype on display in the Stirling Research Lab at NASA’s Glenn Research Center on May 2, 2018. The prototype was designed to orient the Stirling engines in an opposed configuration to cancel out their inertial forces during operation. This dual-opposed architecture was tested extensively throughout the Kilopower project, but a single-engine architecture ultimately was chosen for the Kilopower Reactor Using Stirling Technology (KRUSTy) test.

Credit: NASA