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Nuclear powered rocket stage on display from NASA plan
NASA announced the first nuclear powered rocket stage designed by Lockheed Missiles and Space Company. A cutaway model shows the reactor engine built by Aerojet General and Westinghouse. The engine will be flight tested on an advanced Saturn booster in 1966 or 1967. the stage stands over 85 feet tall.
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Lockheed Missiles and Space Company
Sunnyvale
California
Aerojet- General and
Westing