Rockets propelled by nuclear reactors could slash the time it takes us to get to Mars. The first humans to Mars might someday ride a rocket propelled …
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NASA and General Atomics Take Major Step Toward Nuclear-Powered Space Travel
The first humans to Mars might someday ride a rocket propelled by a nuclear reactor to their destination. But before that can happen, nuclear thermal propulsion (NTP) technologies still have quite a way to go before we could blast astronauts through space on a nuclear rocket.
"The lightsail will travel faster than any previous spacecraft, with potential to eventually open interstellar distances to direct spacecraft …
Rockets of all kinds are still our only way of reaching space — but how exactly do they work? Rockets are our species' best way of escaping the …
Nuclear fusion power was supposed to be a dream come true. As soon as we discovered that you could smash little atoms together to make bigger atoms …
Solar farms in orbit, nuclear power on the moon, space elevators and interstellar travel — which might we see happen first? World Space Week this …
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