Using even the most advanced rocket propulsion technologies available today, it would take billions ...

Reaching the nearest star system, Alpha Centauri, would take hundreds of thousands of years using current rocket propulsion ...

Following a December 2025 executive order prioritizing “American space superiority,” NASA is advancing nuclear ...

(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 ...

Five U.S. companies will develop advanced space-propulsion technologies for NASA under contracts awarded by NASA’s Glenn Research Center that are worth as much as $50 million each. Intended to provide ...

The White House's space nuclear policy funds lunar power and electric propulsion but sidelines nuclear thermal propulsion, ...

Space has a trash problem, with defunct satellites, rockets, and smaller broken bits orbiting Earth at high speeds. The amount of space junk is only increasing, raising the risk of collision with ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio – New developments in nuclear thermal propulsion technologies may soon enable advanced space missions to the farthest reaches of the solar system. Leading these advances are researchers ...

The U.S. Space Force is looking for advanced tech for space-based interceptors that can intercept ballistic missiles during their boost phase. Shown here, a view of Earth from the space shuttle ...

Humanity’s plans for deep-space exploration hinge on the ability to use basic resources, such as water, to propel rockets to farther destinations in the solar system. Despite decades of ...