Putin Pushes Funding for Nuclear-Powered Spacecraft Project
Vladimir Putin at Vostochny cosmodrome in 2022.
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President Vladimir Putin urged his government to find funds for a plan to develop a nuclear-powered spacecraft, part of Russia’s push to bolster its space program despite US-led sanctions.
A nuclear power unit for work in space “should be funded on time,” Putin told a cabinet meeting late Thursday. “This topic is important.”