NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman outlined plans for nuclear propulsion, a moon base and eventual astronaut missions to Mars.

The launch of City Labs' tritium-powered BOHR satellite marks a major milestone for commercial nuclear power in orbit. By ...

By the year 2035, NASA plans to send humans to Mars. But it would be about a nine-month trip with our current rocket ...

Interplanetary travel to Mars aboard nuclear-powered spaceships may sound like science fiction – yet NASA is planning to make it a reality. The Space Reactor-1 Freedom mission is scheduled for launch ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Nuclear energy will be necessary to live and work on the moon because there is not unlimited access to solar power and lunar ...

NASA's Artemis II mission sent four humans to the moon for the first time in more than half a century. And it is just the beginning. In a speech at a space policy event on Tuesday, NASA chief Jared ...

A tiny satellite launched by SpaceX on Tuesday may mark a large shift in how spacecraft get power. The small spacecraft, called BOHR, rode to orbit on SpaceX’s Transporter-17 rideshare mission from ...

The proliferation of nuclear power in space got a little more real Tuesday with the launch of a small satellite developed by a Florida-based company specializing in nuclear micro-power technology.

The White House issued a directive on April 14 ordering NASA, the Pentagon, and the Department of Energy to develop a nuclear fission reactor capable of orbiting the moon, with a launch-ready target ...

NASA's SR-1 Freedom mission targets a 2028 launch to Mars. See how this nuclear-powered spacecraft could unlock deep space ...

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 ...

The Trump administration is renewing its focus on creating nuclear power in space, releasing updated guidance for federal agencies following the historic Artemis II lunar mission. The action is aimed ...