A Soyuz MS-10 spacecraft is mounted on the launch pad at the Russian-leased Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Oct 9, 2018. (KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV / AFP)
MOSCOW — The cooling system of a Russia-developed nuclear-powered spacecraft has passed ground tests, according to materials published on the government procurement website on Monday.
Russia has been developing a unique project to create a spacecraft on the basis of megawatt-class nuclear electric propulsion since 2010
The tests of the most important element of the megawatt-class have been conducted successfully under conditions as close as possible to outer space, with results meeting the requirements of the technical specifications, the website said.
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The project was developed by the Keldysh Research Center at the request of the Russian state space corporation Roscosmos.
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Russia has been developing a unique project to create a spacecraft on the basis of megawatt-class nuclear electric propulsion since 2010.
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