The team aims to combine the best of both worlds: the power of chemical rockets with the efficiency of electric propulsion.

Nuclear fusion and spacecraft thrusters work with plasma but at different temperatures but face similar hurdles.

Fission technology is well established in power generation and nuclear-powered submarines, and its application to drive or ...

Right now, scientists around the world are all working towards one mission: Setting foot on another world for the first time.

Australia said on Wednesday it would invest billions of dollars over the next two decades to expand a shipyard in Western ...

NASA plans to send crewed missions to Mars over the next decade – but the 140 million-mile (225 million-kilometer) journey to ...

Learn about how the blueprint prioritizes investments in nuclear stockpiles and production and science infrastructure.

EMSA is is planning to publish a report on nuclear propulsion next year, Executive Director Maja Markovčić Kostelac tells ...

NASA and DARPA are developing nuclear thermal propulsion (NTP) technology to enable faster crewed missions to Mars, ...

Nuclear is one of the long-term options under consideration at Maersk, Maersk Oil Trading CEO Emma Mazhari tells Ship & ...

Nano Nuclear Energy Inc. (NASDAQ:NNE) shares are trading higher on Wednesday. In fact, shares of all nuclear-linked stocks ...

Fission-powered rockets could halve the time it takes to get to Mars, but there's the whole issue of actually building one ...