Nerva Alpha
Stage · USA
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Nuclear/LH2 propellant rocket stage. Nuclear stage designed to fit into the space shuttle payload bay. Additional propellant modules could be added in orbit. Such propellant modules would have a mass of 23,181 kg, including 21,265 kg of usable propellant. Given go-ahead in 1972, it would have been flight tested by 1982.
Propellant Formulation: Nuclear/Slush Hydrogen.
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- Country
- USA
- Engines
- Nerva Alpha engine
- Propellants
- Nuclear/LH2