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This is the first time a nuclear powered engine has been tested in fifty years

A top NASA official revealed this week that the agency is teaming up with the Department of Defense ...

NASA is partnering with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to demonstrate the use of a nuclear thermal rocket engine in space, the two agencies announced in a statement Tuesday.

NASA says they are testing the rocket engine with a plan to have an in-space demonstration by 2027. This technology could help astronauts travel to and from planets faster.

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NASA is eyeing the late 2030s for sending humans to Mars and it could use a nuclear-powered rocket that would dramatically reduce the seven-month journey for those spacefaring heroes.

We live in an era of renewed space exploration, where multiple agencies are planning to send astronauts to the Moon in the coming years.

NASA selected a nuclear propulsion concept for Phase I development as part of its Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) program for 2023.

The age of nuclear fusion may soon be upon us if recent advancements are anything to go by. What this means for the future of space travel has yet to rev...

Were it not for a difference in our timelines, the title of the season 3 opening episode of "For All Mankind" might have been a spoiler.