On Episode 152 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik host Dr. Robert O'Brien, Director of the Universities Space ...

The two California-based companies have formed a strategic partnership to develop the first commercial nuclear-powered ...

US startups ExLabs and Antares Industries, based in Southern California, have formed a strategic partnership to develop a ...

A British company says they developed a secret nuclear rocket that could cut in half the mission times to Mars. The Bletchley ...

Using nuclear fusion to power a fleet of reusable rockets ... avoiding the costs and risks associated with surface launches. In addition to their propulsion role, Sunbirds could serve as space ...

The nuclear bombs would be far away. Nuclear bomb use for solar system propulsion would not be more dangerous than any means of faster propulsion for space ships. – worry about fallout. Fallout only ...

“It provides high power and consistent energy for larger propulsion systems ... Exlabs plans to send a spacecraft equipped with an Antares’ nuclear microreactor to geostationary orbit in ...

On Episode 152 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik host Dr. Robert O'Brien, Director of the Universities Space Research Association's Center for Space Nuclear Research, for a ...

Nuclear rockets are the future of space propulsion, and while fission propulsion is rapidly developing, most believe fusion propulsion is still a ways off. However, a new U.K.-based company is ...

This innovative design will combine the high thrust of chemical rockets with the fuel efficiency of electric propulsion, ...