Reaching Alpha Centauri within a single human lifetime has long sounded like science fiction, yet a new generation of nuclear ...

NASA is backing a new generation of nuclear rockets that could compress the months-long journey to Mars into a sprint ...

With dreams of Mars on the minds of both NASA and Elon Musk, long-distance crewed missions through space are coming. But you might be surprised to learn that modern rockets don’t go all that much ...

From back: Brandon Wilson, Bryan Conry, Pavel Shilenko and Emily Hutchins gather around the Ohio State University Research Reactor before performing irradiation testing of the coated surrogate ...

Belarusian officials have suggested that the country's Polonez missile system could eventually be equipped with a nuclear ...

A British startup called Pulsar Fusion has come up with a wild new concept for a nuclear fusion-powered space rocket that, it claims, could significantly cut down the time it takes to travel to Mars ...

Viewed from orbit, Jackass Flats — situated in southern Nevada about 65 miles northwest of Las Vegas — could easily be confused for Mars. The alluvial basin is full of tan and gray regolith, hued ...

President Trump’s plan to deploy a small modular reactor on the moon by 2030 aims to power lunar bases and secure U.S. dominance in space, but faces significant technical and budgetary hurdles. The ...

New details of the Trump administration’s plans for NASA, released Friday, revealed the White House’s desire to end the development of an experimental nuclear thermal rocket engine that could have ...

China's PLA Rocket Force is operating mobile ballistic missile launchers that are disguised to resemble civilian construction ...

In this week’s episode of Space Minds, Bhavya Lal, the former acting Chief Technologist at NASA explains how nuclear power could unlock humanity’s next giant leap in space. Our interview with Bhavya ...