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NASA NTRS1970

Gas core nuclear rockets

Nuclear light bulb and coaxial flow gaseous core nuclear rocket reactors based on energy transfer via thermal radiation

Mclafferty, G. H.↗
NASA NTRS1970

Nuclear rocket applications

Nuclear rocket applications in Nuclear Flight Propulsion Module /NFPM/ and Reusable Nuclear Shuttle /RNS/

Gronich, S.↗
NASA NTRS1968

Early nuclear rocket applications.

Nuclear rocket applications, discussing performance, lunar logistics, solar system missions, orbital operations and payload data

Johnson, P. G.↗
NASA NTRS1991

An Historical Perspective of the NERVA Nuclear Rocket Engine Technology Program

Nuclear rocket research and development was initiated in the United States in 1955 and is still being pursued to a limited extent. The major technology emphasis occurred in the decade of the 1960s and was primarily associated with the Rover/NERVA Program where the technology for a nuclear rocket engine system for space application was developed and demonstrated. The NERVA (Nuclear Engine for Rocket Vehicle Application) technology developed twenty years ago provides a comprehensive and viable propulsion technology base that can be applied and will prove to be valuable for application to the NASA Space Exploration Initiative (SEI). This paper, which is historical in scope, provides an overview of the conduct of the NERVA Engine Program, its organization and management, development philosophy, the engine configuration, and significant accomplishments.

Robbins, W. H.↗
NASA NTRS1991

An historical perspective of the NERVA nuclear rocket engine technology program

Nuclear rocket research and development was initiated in the United States in 1955 and is still being pursued to a limited extent. The major technology emphasis occurred in the decade of the 1960s and was primarily associated with the Rover/NERVA Program where the technology for a nuclear rocket engine system for space application was developed and demonstrated. The NERVA (Nuclear Engine for Rocket Vehicle Application) technology developed twenty years ago provides a comprehensive and viable propulsion technology base that can be applied and will prove to be valuable for application to the NASA Space Exploration Initiative (SEI). This paper, which is historical in scope, provides an overview of the conduct of the NERVA Engine Program, its organization and management, development philosophy, the engine configuration, and significant accomplishments.

Robbins, W. H.↗
NASA NTRS1968

Nuclear rocket know-how.

Nuclear rockets operating efficiency and flexibility, reliability, safety, hot high stress structures, nozzle cooling, etc

Gabriel, D.↗