Getting to Mars takes a really long time, about nine months using today's rocket technology. This is because regular rocket engines burn fuel and oxygen together (like a car engine), but they're not ...

Opponents of President Trump’s executive orders (EOs) to speed up the development of commercial nuclear technology claim they ...

The UK government announced on Tuesday that Rolls-Royce SMR, a subsidiary of the UK-based global power and propulsion systems ...

NANO Nuclear has assembled a distinguished Executive Advisory Board comprised of high-level military, scientific and governmental experts, including former generals, members of Congress, and other U.S ...

Elon Musk’s ambitious vision of building a self-sustaining city on Mars may sound like science fiction, but SpaceX is pushing hard to make it a reality. However, raw rocket power isn’t enough. This ...

“We’ve spent nearly $20 billion on nuclear (space) power since the 50s and the only system we currently have is a light-bulb sized, 100-watt radioisotope generator,” Bhavya Lal, former NASA Associate ...

Scientists and engineers are diligently working on innovative concepts to make the next era of human spaceflight more ...

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Proposed NASA Budget Zeros Out Nuclear Thermal Propulsion Tech is published in Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, an Aviation ...

Crews with the Idaho Cleanup Project (ICP) have completed the demolition of the high bay roof and walls of the Submarine 1st Generation Westinghouse (S1W) naval reactor prototype plant, using ...

Mars has received considerable attention in the past few decades, thanks to the many robotic missions exploring it to learn ...

A new study explores the potential of nuclear fission-powered propulsion for advanced deep space exploration. Specifically, ...