DARPA taps Lockheed Martin to build nuclear deep space rocket

Artist's concept of the DRACO vehicle

The first crewed mission to Mars may get there and back a bit faster and safer if a contract DARPA has awarded to Lockheed Martin bears fruit. The contract is to rapidly advance and fabricate a nuclear thermal rocket engine scheduled to fly by 2027 for cislunar and deep space missions.

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