Russia's RS-24 Yars missile system conducts scheduled exercises in Mari El to enhance operational readiness and reinforce ...

LMT's DRACO project cut by budget slashes, but its deep NASA ties and NEP work keep its space ambitions alive.

The US Department of Defense’s (DOD’s) Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has cancelled the Demonstration ...

A DARPA official said the agency canceled a space nuclear propulsion project it was jointly developing with NASA as it was overtaken by lower launch costs.

Scientists have proposed two experimental spacecraft that could reach one of the farthest known objects in the solar system ...

Sedna will make its closest approach to the Sun in 2076, giving us a rare opportunity to visit the planetoid before it drifts ...

US team develops scalable, safe nuclear fuel recycling using advanced tech to cut waste and boost energy recovery.

An underwater construction worker discovered an 18th-century shipwreck off the coast of the picturesque port town of ...

In the 1950s, the U.S. began focusing on nuclear propulsion as an effective way to power space exploration with projects ...

As President Trump ordered the US military to attack three major Iranian nuclear sites, a misguided concept of Israel’s ...

As we set our sights on crewed Mars missions, we're going to have to consider some next-level rocket engines. One idea with a lot of potential is nuclear thermal propulsion.

NASA's initiatives to pioneer next-generation space technologies are also hit hard in the White House's budget proposal. If the Trump administration gets its way, NASA's Space Technology Mission ...