NASA’s ambitious plans to explore Mars have taken a significant step forward with the development of a nuclear-powered rocket ...

A nuclear thermal rocket could achieve high thrust—much like chemical propulsion—but is up to three times more efficient. This means that instead of the seven month-minimum it now takes to get to Mars ...

Nasa has announced plans to test a nuclear thermal rocket that could carry astronauts to Mars in record time. Using current technology, the space agency says the 300-mile journey to Mars would take ...

This is the first major agency effort by the interim NASA administrator, who is also the Transportation secretary and a ...

WASHINGTON — The United States is rushing to put nuclear power reactors on the Moon and Mars, and hopes to launch the first ...

Is NASA going to put a nuclear reactor on the moon? Here's what Sean Duffy said about U.S. race against China in space and ...

NASA plans to establish a continuous lunar presence by 2030 with a nuclear reactor, crucial for powering habitats and ...

A handful of B.C. scientists say they have found a way to power chemical reactions that can transform atmospheric carbon dioxide into plastics, sugar, rocket fuel and even oxygen. The breakthrough, ...

The acceleration of nuclear development is part of the Trump administration’s efforts to focus NASA on human spaceflight. A ...

NASA's nuclear rocket will bring us to Mars! We're covering everything nuclear on Mars including including why we should go ...