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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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OSTP memo guides space nuclear plan
A White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) memorandum released on Tuesday guides NASA, the Department of Energy, and the Department of Defense on their roles in deploying near-term space nuclear power.
This follows a series of NASA announcements last month—driven by the executive order “Ensuring American Space Superiority,” issued by Trump in December—including an ambitious timeline for establishing a moon base, which would rely on fission surface power (FSP) to survive the long lunar night at the moon’s south pole, and plans for a nuclear electric propulsion (NEP) rocket to be launched in 2028.
Educational Session|Panel|Workforce Development/Challenges
Wednesday, August 10, 2022|10:30AM–12:00PM EDT|Calusa 8-9
Track Organizer:
Bruce Hennigan (Constellation)
Knowledge Manager:
John Mobley IV (Iowa State University)
Track team to debrief feedback, learnings and takeaways from the track sessions. Discuss planning for this track looking ahead to 2023 to include track lead and potential session topics based on feedback during this year's conference.
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