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Nuclear Energy for Rocket Vehicle Applications (NERVA) program - Research Technology

Nuclear Energy for Rocket Vehicle Applications (NERVA) program - Resea...

Originally investigated in the 1960's by Marshall Space Flight Center plarners as part of the Nuclear Energy for Rocket Vehicle Applications (NERVA) program, nuclear-thermal rocket propulsion has been more rece... More

Researcher Poses with a Nuclear Rocket Model

Researcher Poses with a Nuclear Rocket Model

A researcher at the NASA Lewis Research Center with slide ruler poses with models of the earth and a nuclear-propelled rocket. The Nuclear Engine for Rocket Vehicle Applications (NERVA) was a joint NASA and Ato... More

Technicians Manufacture a Nozzle for the Kiwi B-1-B Engine

Technicians Manufacture a Nozzle for the Kiwi B-1-B Engine

Technicians manufacture a nozzle for the Kiwi B-1-B nuclear rocket engine in the Fabrication Shop’s vacuum oven at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Lewis Research Center. The Nuclear Eng... More