Offering prolonged life and reliability, such technology could produce from one to 10 kilowatts of electrical power, continuously for 10 years or more, Mason points out. Expected TRL or TRL range at completion of the project: 3 to 5 NASA/TM-2017-219467, October 2017. (2020).
1-12. Kilopower Project: The KRUSTY Fission Power Experiment and Potential Missions. “Kilopower gives us the ability to do much higher power missions, and to explore the shadowed craters of the Moon. When we start sending astronauts for long stays on the Moon and to … ... Development and the Path to Higher Power. Mason, Lee S., et al., "A Small Fission Power System for NASA Planetary Science Missions," NASA/TM--2011-217099.
Testing of the Kilopower reactor - which could be used to provide power to missions to the Moon, Mars and beyond - began at NASA's Nevada National Security Site in November 2017 and was completed in March. “Kilopower gives us the ability to do much higher power missions, and to explore the shadowed craters of the Moon,” said Marc Gibson, lead Kilopower engineer at Glenn Research Center. KILOPOWER KRUSTY FISSION POWER DEMONSTRATION UPDATE. Big sky, MT, s.n. The pioneering Kilopower reactor represents a small and simple approach for long-duration, sun-independent electric power for space or extraterrestrial surfaces. NASA and the Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) have successfully demonstrated KiloPower, which is a new nuclear reactor power system that could enable long-duration crewed missions to the Moon, Mars and destinations beyond. NASA's Kilopower reactor development and the path to higher power missions. 206, Special issue on the Kilopower Project, Kilowatt Reactor Using Stirling TechnologY (KRUSTY) Test, pp.
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) yesterday announced the successful testing of a uranium-fuelled Stirling engine for use in possible future missions to Mars. Gibson, M.A., et al., "NASA's Kilopower Reactor Development and the Path to Higher Power Missions," 2017 IEEE Aerospace Conference, 4-11 March 2017, Big Sky, MT. Nuclear Technology: Vol. The Kilopower reactor using Stirling TechnologY (KRUSTY) nuclear ground test results and lessons learned. NASA Tech Briefs, Technical Memoranda, and Technical Publication “NASA’s Kilopower Reactor Development and the Path to Higher Power Missions,” authored by Marc A. Gibson and Steven R. Oleson, Dave I. Poston and Patrick McClure (Consolidated Nuclear Security, LLC, Los Alamos National Laboratory). In future years it is expected that payloads of higher mass and with higher power requirements might be accommodated. Gibson, M. et al., 2018. Selection for award under this solicitation will ... "NASA's Kilopower Reactor Development and the Path to Higher Power Missions," 2017 IEEE Aerospace Conference, 4-11 March 2017, Big Sky, MT. Using well-established physics, NASA's Kilopower reactor represents a small and simple approach for long-duration, sun-independent electric power for space or … Cincinnati, OH, s.n.