NASA’s push for a new nuclear rocket engine is not just another upgrade to the hardware we strap to the bottom of spacecraft.

It once took pioneers months to cross the American frontier - until the railroad changed everything. Now, scientists are working on a breakthrough that could do the same for space: nuclear propulsion.

AE Industrial Partners, LP ("AE Industrial"), a private investment firm focused on technologies and services considered critical to aerospace and national and economic security, today announced that ...

Jan 5 (Reuters) - L3Harris Technologies said on ‌Monday ​it will sell ‌an about 60% stake in its space propulsion ​and power ...

Space agencies are moving closer to a new era of rocket propulsion that could fundamentally change deep-space travel. Nuclear ...

BWX Technologies has been awarded contracts totaling approximately $2.1 billion from the U.S. Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program. This substantial investment aims to manufacture reactor components for ...

L3Harris Technologies said Jan. 5 it will sell a majority stake in its space propulsion business to private equity firm AE ...

Two United States based firms have entered into a partnership to advance high-power nuclear electric propulsion technology for faster space travel. Ad Astra Rocket Company (Ad Astra) and The Space ...

Current chemical propulsion systems necessitate prolonged transit times for crewed Mars missions, driving the exploration of Nuclear Thermal Propulsion (NTP) as a more efficient alternative to ...

NASA is leading an effort, working with the Department of Energy (DOE), to advance space nuclear technologies. The government team has selected three reactor design concept proposals for a nuclear ...

Private equity firm AE Industrial Partners will buy a majority stake in the RL-10 upper-stage rocket and space nuclear propulsion businesses from L3Harris Technologies for $507 million, according to ...

While the energy crisis has a well-known public policy dimension, it also threatens the capabilities of the US military.