TEM (nuclear propulsion)

TEM (Russian: Транспортно-энергетический модуль, "transport and energy unit", NPPS in English) is a nuclear propulsion spacecraft project between the Russian Keldysh Research Center,[1] NIKIET (Research and Design Institute of Power Engineering) institute[2][3] and Rosatom.

Mission

A Russian project to create an unmanned nuclear electric rocket spaceship for Solar system exploration. The planned date for the first reactor tests is set for 2018.

Specifications

Reactor

Spacecraft

Project history

2009 - project started.

2016 March - first batch of nuclear fuel received[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Александр Емельяненков (3 October 2012). "Буксир в невесомость". "Российская газета". Retrieved 2016-11-15. "Центр Келдыша", которым я руковожу, назначен головным по ядерной энергодвигательной установке.
  2. ↑ "DailyTech - Russia is Developing Nuclear Fission Spaceship to Reach the Red Planet". Dailytech.com. Archived from the original on 20 August 2017. Retrieved 20 August 2017.
  3. ↑ "Plutonium to Pluto: Russian nuclear space travel breakthrough". Rt.com. Retrieved 20 August 2017.
  4. ↑ Sputnik. "Russia's Rosatom Receives First Batch of Fuel for Space Nuclear Engine". sputniknews.com. Retrieved 20 August 2017.
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