Enabling Missions To Mars And Beyond

NTP Engine Performance and Concept of Operations Assessment for Manned Mars Missions With Consideration of Gravity Losses and Reactor Cooling

10:10–10:30AM EDT

F. Bertrand (CEA), A. Simmonet (CEA), P. Sciora (CEA), V. Brun-Magaud (CEA), L. Matteo (CEA), E. Proust (CEA), M. Mascaron (CEA), M.L. Schlegel (CEA), V. Girardin (ESA)

Jupiter Icy Moons Orbiter Reimagined: Leveraging NASA's Fission Surface Power and Modern Launch Vehicles

10:30–10:50AM EDT

Brian J. Muzek (L3Harris Aerojet Rocketdyne), C. Russell Joyner II (L3Harris Aerojet Rocketdyne), Timothy Kokan (L3Harris Aerojet Rocketdyne), Rodney W. Noble (L3Harris Aerojet Rocketdyne), Christopher B. Reynolds (L3Harris Aerojet Rocketdyne)

Leveraging Advanced Nuclear Thermal Propulsion for Human Mars Exploration

10:50–11:10AM EDT

Britton Reynolds (L3Harris Technologies), Claude R. Joyner II (L3Harris Technologies), Timothy Kokan (L3Harris Technologies), Brian J. Muzek (L3Harris Technologies)

Conceptual Design of a Nuclear Electric Propulsion Mission for Direct Rendezvous With Uranus

11:10–11:30AM EDT

Monica A. Salunkhe (Univ. Alabama, Huntsville), L. Dale Thomas (Univ. Alabama, Huntsville)