Nuclear power plants are safer than many suspect. But putting reactors in space is a concept with a checkered history. One ...

The agency wants to fly it to Mars by the end of 2028. Experts say that’s … ambitious. MIT Technology Review Explains: Let our writers untangle the complex, messy world of technology to help you ...

If everything goes according to plan, a compact nuclear reactor will hum to life on the lunar surface before the end of this decade, generating enough electricity to sustain a small neighborhood back ...

Administrator Jared Isaacman unveiled a $30 billion, 11-year, 79-launch architecture targeting a nuclear-powered permanent ...

With NASA’s Artemis II—the first crewed lunar flyby in more than 50 years—successfully completed, attention is now turning to what’s next: establishing an enduring presence on the moon. Through a ...

For years, nuclear propulsion sat in the same category as so many ambitious space ideas, impressive on paper, always a few steps away from reality. Now NASA says that changes in 2028. The agency plans ...

NASA is hitting the accelerator on space missions and moon trips in the hopes of achieving some big firsts — a permanent moon base and an interplanetary spacecraft harnessing nuclear propulsion. Over ...

According to the US Department of Energy, nuclear thermal propulsion can reduce travel times to Mars by up to 25% and, more importantly, limit a crew’s exposure to cosmic radiation. It would also ...

The White House has announced that NASA will work with the Departments of Defense and Energy to put nuclear reactors in orbit and on the surface of the moon. Having demonstrated that it has the ...