Viewed from orbit, Jackass Flats — situated in southern Nevada about 65 miles northwest of Las Vegas — could easily be ...

A new study explores the potential of nuclear fission-powered propulsion for advanced deep space exploration. Specifically, it looks at the way this technology could enable exploration to the outer ...

Space missions in the future could travel to Mars, asteroids and the outer solar system by riding on nuclear-powered rockets, ...

NASA’s nuclear-powered rockets could take us to Mars in a fraction of the time, but the technology is still years away from ...

Space agencies across the globe are actively investing in the development of nuclear thermal propulsion (NTP) rockets for future space exploration missions, considering NTP’s advantages over ...

If you want to go fast—and far—in space, the consensus is that you have to go nuclear. The U.S. Space Force, DARPA and NASA in recent years have funded several nuclear propulsion development efforts ...

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 ...

The age of nuclear energy seemed to have come and gone, but the U.S. Department of Energy is determined to update and expand ...