Space Reactor-1 Freedom 

Artist’s concept of NASA’s Space Reactor-1 Freedom spacecraft flying through space near Mars. The spacecraft features a silver central body with two purple-and-white checkered solar arrays on each side. Attached to the body are two gray radiator panels and a long metal boom. Mars appears prominently on the right side of the image.

SR-1 Freedom Flight Path This mission is the first step in a deliberate sequence. It will inform and enable Lunar Reactor-1 (LR-1), a fission surface power system designed to keep NASA’s Moon Base operating through periods of darkness and in locations where solar power alone is not sufficient. By flying a reactor first — without the added complexity of a … Continue reading Space Reactor-1 Freedom 

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