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The US space agency NASA has set out a series of ambitious goals for missions, which include a return to the Moon by early 2028 as well as a Mars mission the same year utilising nuclear propulsion technology.
 

Roscosmos has signed a contract with NPO Lavochkin for the creation of a Russian lunar power station by 2036 - with an expectation it will necessitate three missions to the Moon, in 2033, 2034 and 2035.
 

The US government space and energy agencies have renewed their commitment to work together to develop a fission power source for use on the surface of the Moon and future missions to Mars.
 

The US Air Force Research Laboratory’s Space Vehicles Directorate has given space technology and infrastructure services company Intuitive Machines a USD8.2 million contract extension to develop next-generation nuclear power systems for spacecraft and lunar infrastructure.
 

Space Ocean Corporation, a leader in orbital logistics and in-space resource delivery, has entered into a Letter of Intent with Space Nuclear Power Corporation, a pioneer in advanced space nuclear power systems, to explore integrating space nuclear reactor technology into future deep-space missions.
 

France's Framatome and the Italian Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Development, ENEA, are to explore advanced technological solutions for nuclear reactors to power future settlements on the Moon.
 

Nuclear battery developer Zeno Power is to make a "multi-million dollar" investment to get priority access to americium-241 supplies from Orano's la Hague recycling site in France.
 

The two California-based companies have formed a strategic partnership to develop the first commercial nuclear-powered spacecraft for deep-space applications.

The Sunbird nuclear fusion rocket concept has the potential to more than halve the time to travel to Mars and cut travel time to Pluto to about four years, the UK's Pulsar Fusion says.