While this latest test doesn’t make nuclear-powered rocket engines viable just yet, it’s an important step on the journey.

A massive American web of orbiting missile interceptors could in theory protect the U.S. from an all-out Russian nuclear ...

General Atomics and NASA achieved an important milestone on the road to using nuclear-powered rockets by testing a new fuel ...

The U.S. Air Force launched an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile from California’s Vandenberg Space ...

Angry Astronaut and Nextbigfuture commenter are making the case that SpaceX and Elon Musk must switch to nuclear thermal rockets to colonize Mars. I will review that the nuclear thermal rocket program ...

Rockets propelled by nuclear reactors could slash the time it takes us to get to Mars. The first humans to Mars might someday ride a rocket propelled by a nuclear reactor to their destination.

The test was to ensure the “nuclear deterrent remains safe, secure, reliable, and effective in deterring 21st-century threats ...

# In the aftermath, Prime Minister Philip “Brave” Davis called it the “beginning of a new chapter” and said it would give people from around the world the chance to visit The Bahamas “for a front-row ...

Animation specialist Hazegrayart put together a video showing the Titan Barbarian rocket and the Zenith Star laser of the ...

By Nicholas Slayton Posted on Feb 10, 2025 During the height of the Cold War, the U.S. military and atomic scientists decided to fire some nuclear rockets into space. The goal wasn’t to see how ...

NASA and its partners have successfully tested a nuclear thermal propulsion (NTP) fuel that could revolutionize deep-space ...