NASA is working on a groundbreaking nuclear electric propulsion system that could dramatically speed up trips to Mars. The ...

NASA is developing a groundbreaking spacecraft concept designed to revolutionize Mars travel. The ambitious plan involves ...

General Atomic's new nuclear fuel was subjected to the maximum heat of a reactor for 20 minutes in the latest tests.

NASA plans to send crewed missions to Mars over the next decade ... nuclear thermal propulsion, which uses nuclear fission and could one day power a rocket that makes the trip in just half ...

Nuclear propulsion could be the future of space travel and NASA and General Atomics just brought us one step closer.

The trip to Mars and back is not one for the ... previous ideas called for fitting the entire nuclear electric radiator system under a rocket fairing, or nose cone, which covers and protects ...

A new type of nuclear thermal propulsion reactor fuel has been successfully tested at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center, ...

Angry Astronaut and Nextbigfuture commenter are making the case that SpaceX and Elon Musk must switch to nuclear thermal rockets to colonize Mars. I will ...

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is partnering with a Pentagon research agency to develop a nuclear-powered rocket engine in preparation for sending astronauts to Mars. NASA ...

Ad Astra Rocket Company (Ad Astra) and The Space Nuclear Power Corporation (SpaceNukes) have announced the partnership to enable fast and reliable human and robotic missions to Mars and beyond.

Nuclear power generation is on the rise worldwide. The use of nuclear energy is also being investigated in the space sector.

General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) has successfully tested the nuclear fuel that may one day propel and power the spacecraft of the future. The trials verify that the fuel can survive ...