The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) plays a crucial role in the space industry by providing essential technologies and research support for space exploration and national security missions. It acts as a key partner with NASA and other agencies in developing space-based power systems, including radioisotope thermoelectric generators (RTGs) and fission surface power systems, which provide electricity and heat in the harsh conditions of space. The DOE also contributes to space science research, particularly in understanding dark matter and dark energy, and supports the development of quantum technologies for space applications. Keywords associated with the DOE's space involvement include radioisotope power systems, space nuclear power, quantum technology, NASA partnerships, and space exploration.
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LCLS is a user facility of the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science.
This research was funded by the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science, Fusion Energy Sciences, and Basic Energy Sciences.
In August, Antares received an allocation of High-Assay Low-Enriched Uranium fuel feedstock from the U.S. Department of Energy.
Intuitive Machines has been studying high-powered nuclear fission-based systems under contract to the Department of Energy with funding from NASA’s Fission Surface Power project.
The collaboration establishes a model for future multinational projects funded by the U.S. Department of Energy.
The NOvA experiment sent muon neutrinos from the U.S. Department of Energy's Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory in Illinois to a detector in Ash River, Minnesota.
The study was supported by Geurts' U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science Award.
The research on Diag2Diag is the result of a collaboration between Princeton University, the U.S. Department of Energy's Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL), Chung-Ang University, Columbia University, and Seoul National University.
The US Department of Energy was formed in 1977 by President Carter to focus on energy conservation and renewable energy sources.
IonQ signed a memorandum of understanding with the US Department of Energy to advance quantum technology for orbit applications.
The partnership with the US Department of Energy will study the use of quantum technology in space for secure alternatives to GPS and quantum networking.
To advance SBSP, Congress should direct the Departments of Energy and Commerce to complete a joint 120-day feasibility study with support from NASA and the Department of Defense.
NASA will partner with the U.S. Department of Energy to provide lightweight radioisotope heater units for the Rosalind Franklin rover.
LuSEE-Night, a NASA and Department of Energy collaboration, will fly to the far side of the Moon in early 2026 to conduct cosmological observations.
Zeno Power Systems is working with the U.S. Department of Energy to recycle decades-old radioactive material to produce radioisotope power sources.
The Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) is working with Zeno Power Systems to recycle large quantities of strontium-90 from a radioisotope thermoelectric generator built in the mid-1980s at Oak Ridge National Laboratory that was never deployed.
The Department of Energy aims to achieve a constant-rate production average of 1.5 kg of plutonium-238 per year by 2026.
The Perseverance rover carries some of the new plutonium-238 produced by the Department of Energy.
The U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory shipped 0.5 kg (a little over 0.4536 kg) of new heat source plutonium oxide to Los Alamos National Laboratory.
The Department of Energy produced the heat source plutonium oxide required to fuel the radioisotope power system for NASA’s Mars 2020 mission.