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  1. Nuclear Power and Propulsion for Enhanced Planetary Science Exploration

    Article • January 2025, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Saroj Kumar

  2. Nuclear Thermal Propulsion Architecture for Planetary Science Missions

    Article • July 2024, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Saroj Kumar

  3. Nuclear Thermal Propulsion: Trades and Sensitivity Analysis for Robotic Missions

    Article • January 2024, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Dale Thomas, Saroj Kumar

  4. Nuclear Thermal Propulsion Spacecraft Integrated System Model

    Article • January 2021, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Saroj Kumar, Diana Nikitaeva, Daria Nikitaeva

  5. Launch Vehicle Requirements for Mars Transfer Vehicles Utilizing Seeded Hydrogen in a Nuclear Thermal Propulsion System

    Article • November 2020, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Saroj Kumar, Daria Nikitaeva

  6. Preliminary Trajectory Design for Jupiter Rendezvous Mission Using Nuclear Thermal Propulsion

    Article • August 2020, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Dale Thomas, Saroj Kumar

  7. Review of Nuclear Thermal Propulsion Technology for Deep Space Missions

    Article • August 2020, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Dale Thomas, Saroj Kumar, Dr Robert A. Frederick

  8. Round-Trip Mission to Neptune Using Nuclear Fusion Propulsion

    Article • August 2019, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Saroj Kumar

  9. Conceptual Mission Design to Gas Giant Planets Using Nuclear Fusion Propulsion

    Article • July 2017, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Saroj Kumar