Mars has always felt like a distant neighbor, reachable only after a long, risky cruise through deep space. Now engineers ...

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

A new industry group led by Lloyd's Register has been launched in the UK to develop safety, regulatory and insurance frameworks for nuclear-powered vessels.

NASA is backing a new generation of nuclear rockets that could compress the months-long journey to Mars into a sprint measured in weeks. The most ambitious concepts on the table promise crewed trips ...

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

Growing environmental pressures are reviving interest in nuclear propulsion as a potential long-term route to decarbonize shipping, DNV said in a new paper, despite there being no civilian ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) (THE CONVERSATION) Every year, companies and space agencies launch hundreds of rockets ...

This study will identify primary technical and programmatic challenges, merits, and risks for developing and demonstrating space nuclear propulsion technologies of interest to future exploration ...

This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. Every year, companies and space agencies launch ...