{"id":307747,"date":"2017-12-12T20:22:51","date_gmt":"2017-12-13T01:22:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?migration=converted-node-414949"},"modified":"2023-06-18T12:27:12","modified_gmt":"2023-06-18T16:27:12","slug":"kilopower-hmqzw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/tech-demo-missions-program\/kilopower-hmqzw\/","title":{"rendered":"Kilopower"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\"><div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\"><div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-none \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/kilopower_moon_render_1_1.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1041\" height=\"1041\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/kilopower_moon_render_1_1.jpg?w=1041\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"Rendering of Kilopower on surface of the moon \" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/kilopower_moon_render_1_1.jpg 1041w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/kilopower_moon_render_1_1.jpg?resize=150,150 150w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/kilopower_moon_render_1_1.jpg?resize=300,300 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/kilopower_moon_render_1_1.jpg?resize=768,768 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/kilopower_moon_render_1_1.jpg?resize=1024,1024 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/kilopower_moon_render_1_1.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/kilopower_moon_render_1_1.jpg?resize=100,100 100w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/kilopower_moon_render_1_1.jpg?resize=200,200 200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/kilopower_moon_render_1_1.jpg?resize=400,400 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/kilopower_moon_render_1_1.jpg?resize=600,600 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/kilopower_moon_render_1_1.jpg?resize=900,900 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1041px) 100vw, 1041px\" loading=\"eager\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>The concluded Kilopower project developed preliminary concepts and technologies that could be used for an affordable fission nuclear power system to enable long-duration stays on planetary surfaces. NASA\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission_pages\/tdm\/fission-surface-power\/index.html\">fission surface power project<\/a> expands on Kilopower\u2019s work and results, focusing on a 10-kilowatt class lunar demonstration in the late 2020s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After successful completion of the Kilopower Reactor Using Stirling Technology (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/press-release\/demonstration-proves-nuclear-fission-system-can-provide-space-exploration-power\">KRUSTY<\/a>) experiment in March 2018, the Kilopower project team began developing mission concepts for a lunar demonstration. A lunar demonstration, part of the current fission surface power project, will pave the way for future fission surface power systems. The technology can enable human outposts on the Moon and Mars, including mission operations in harsh environments and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/isru\">in-situ resource utilization<\/a> infrastructure capable of producing propellants and other materials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Kilopower: A Gateway to Abundant Power for Exploration\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fugONNLb9JE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Kilopower project was part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/spacetech\/game_changing_development\/index.html\">Game Changing Development<\/a> program within NASA\u2019s Space Technology Mission Directorate (STMD). NASA\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/spacetech\/flightopportunities\/index.html\">Flight Opportunities<\/a> program funded parabolic and suborbital flights that matured the Kilopower technology\u2019s titanium water heat pipes by exposing them to space-relevant environments through the use of commercial reusable suborbital launch vehicles. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Kilopower project team was led by NASA\u2019s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland in partnership with NASA\u2019s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. Other partners included the Department of Energy\u2019s National Nuclear Security Administration, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Y-12 National Security Complex, and the Nevada National Security Site (NNSS). Testing occurred from November 2017 to March 2018 at the National Criticality Experiments Research Center in the Device Assembly Facility at the NNSS.<\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\"><div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\"><div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-none \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/image-article\/kilopower-2\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1041\" height=\"771\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/kilopower_105_4792-dip_0.jpg?w=1041\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"Engineers working on the KRUSTY system.\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/kilopower_105_4792-dip_0.jpg 1041w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/kilopower_105_4792-dip_0.jpg?resize=300,222 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/kilopower_105_4792-dip_0.jpg?resize=768,569 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/kilopower_105_4792-dip_0.jpg?resize=1024,758 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/kilopower_105_4792-dip_0.jpg?resize=400,296 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/kilopower_105_4792-dip_0.jpg?resize=600,444 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/kilopower_105_4792-dip_0.jpg?resize=900,667 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1041px) 100vw, 1041px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>The new fission surface power project falls under STMD\u2019s space nuclear technologies portfolio within the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission_pages\/tdm\/main\/index.html\">Technology Demonstration Missions<\/a> program based at Marshall. The project is led by Glenn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Kilopower Archives<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/news-release\/demonstration-proves-nuclear-fission-system-can-provide-space-exploration-power\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/news-release\/demonstration-proves-nuclear-fission-system-can-provide-space-exploration-power\/\"><strong>News release: Kilopower results (May 2, 2018)<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/news-release\/nasa-to-discuss-demonstration-of-new-space-exploration-power-system\/\" data-type=\"press-release\" data-id=\"55270\"><strong>Kilopower Media Event (May 2, 2018)<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/kilopower-media-event-charts-16x9-final.pdf?emrc=ffb073\">Kilopower Media Event Presentation Slides (May 2, 2018)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/news-release\/nasa-partners-discuss-power-for-future-space-exploration\/\" data-type=\"press-release\" data-id=\"53136\">Kilopower Media Event (Jan. 18, 2018)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/kilopower-media-event-charts-final-011618.pdf?emrc=8366a8\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/kilopower-media-event-charts-final-011618.pdf?emrc=8366a8\">Kilopower Media Event Presentation Slides (Jan.\u00a018, 2018)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"What\u2019s Next?\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"Kilopower: What\u2019s Next?\">Web Feature: Kilopower: What\u2019s Next? (Jan. 18, 2018)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/stmd\/game-changing-development-program\/powering-up-nasas-human-reach-for-the-red-planet\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"94706\">Web Feature: Powering Up NASA\u2019s Human Reach for the Red Planet\u00a0(Nov. 13, 2017)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Media Contact<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Jan Wittry<br>\nNASA\u2019s Glenn Research Center, Cleveland<br>\n216-433-5466<br>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/jan.m.wittry-1@nasa.gov\" rel=\"noopener\">jan.m.wittry-1@nasa.gov<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The concluded Kilopower project developed preliminary concepts and technologies that could be used for an affordable fission nuclear power system to enable long-duration stays on planetary surfaces. NASA\u2019s fission surface power project expands on Kilopower\u2019s work and results, focusing on a 10-kilowatt class lunar demonstration in the late 2020s. 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