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 ...

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 has unveiled funding for a nuclear-powered rocket that could cut journey times to Mars from seven months to just 45 days. The Bimodal Nuclear Thermal Rocket could be used to transport both people ...

B.C. scientists build reactor that could make rocket fuel on Mars The thermal generator offers a proof-of-concept that could also harness heat from geothermal vents on Earth to suck carbon from ...

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, ...

Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation (USNC) has designed a new thermal nuclear engine it says could carry astronauts to Mars in just three months—and back to Earth in the same amount of time. By using ...

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