On October 8, 2026, NASA and the U.S. Department of Energy signed a Memorandum of Understanding titled "Accelerating American Leadership in Space Nuclear Power and Propulsion."

The MOU was signed by NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman and Energy Secretary Chris Wright at the Golden Age Summit. It sets up a framework for broad collaboration across research, fuel production, testing, launch integration, and operations, with safety as the primary focus.

This agreement builds on earlier NASA and DOE partnerships and supports goals like deploying a lunar surface fission reactor by 2030 to enable sustained Moon missions with consistent power independent of sunlight availability.

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