A $20 billion plan for a moon base by 2030 and the launch nuclear-propulsion space exploration raises hopes, but caution ...

NASA plans to launch its first nuclear-powered interplanetary spacecraft in 2028, a probe called Space Reactor-1 Freedom that ...

NASA announced a mission to Mars using nuclear electric propulsion. How does it differ from earlier missions that utilized ...

(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 ...

NASA plans to launch a nuclear-powered spacecraft to Mars by 2028, a major step for deep space exploration and its planned moon base.

NASA’s new exploration strategy includes the rapid development of a nuclear-powered mission to Mars in 2028, leveraging ...

For decades, nuclear propulsion has been a fixture of aerospace engineering proposals and government studies, always promising, never quite leaving the laboratory. That changes in 2028.

York Space Systems has acquired Orbion Space Technology as part of a push to expand its satellite propulsion capabilities and strengthen its supply chain for spacecraft systems. The latest acquisition ...

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Electric thruster developed by Orbion Space. WASHINGTON — York Space Systems said it has acquired Orbion Space Technology, bringing a key satellite propulsion technology inside the company as it ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Marcos Fernandez Tous, University of North Dakota; Preeti Nair, University of North ...