Russia’s New Nuclear Engine to Enable Spacecrafts to Reach Mars in 45 Days

Russia’s New Nuclear Engine to Enable Spacecrafts to Reach Mars in 45 Days

A nuclear engine currently being developed in Russia by the nuclear agency Rosatom and the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) will allow a spaceship to reach Mars in an unprecedentedly short period of just 1.5 months, Rosatom’s General Director Sergei Kirienko said Wednesday.