MIT master’s student Taylor Hampson is advancing research into nuclear thermal propulsion (NTP), thanks ...

NASA’s push for a new nuclear rocket engine is not just another upgrade to the hardware we strap to the bottom of spacecraft. It is an attempt to rewrite the basic rules of how far, how fast, and how ...

Scientists have developed a new form of nuclear propulsion that they claim could slash mission times to Mars and enable voyages to the farthest reaches of the solar system. A team from Ohio State ...

Going to the moon was one thing; going to Mars will be quite another. The distance alone is intimidating. While the moon is ...

The key component of Russia’s Burevestnik cruise missile is its engine — for the first time in the world, a compact nuclear ‘heart’ has been created. How can similar technologies be applied in the ...

The Space Age framed nuclear propulsion as a quiet rethinking of movement, distance, and endurance beyond Earth.