March 7 (UPI) --NASA on Friday rolled out the new Artemis II Orion spacecraft and twin Space Launch System solid rocket boosters that will carry astronauts in the first crewed Artemis mission ...

Mini-mag Orion and Other Designs Andrews Space in the early 2000s proposed Mini-mag orion. Mini-Mag Orion uses magnetic fields to compress and ignite small nuclear pellets, offering a more controlled ...

Credit: Exlabs SAN FRANCISCO – Southern California startups Exlabs and Antares announced a strategic partnership March 19 to develop a nuclear-powered spacecraft for deep-space missions.

A British start-up has unveiled an ambitious project that could transform space exploration. Their idea? Using nuclear fusion to power a fleet of reusable rockets, nicknamed Sunbirds, capable of ...

March 7 (UPI) --NASA on Friday rolled out the new Artemis II Orion spacecraft and twin Space Launch System solid rocket boosters that will carry astronauts in the first crewed Artemis mission around ...

Work continues on the Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building where the Orion spacecraft has been mated to the European Service Module, where it will provide electricity, water ...

to develop and test its low-energy nuclear reaction (LENR) powered compute modules in space. TakeMe2Space is actively exploring multiple energy technologies, including LENR, to assess efficient ...

Powering spacecraft with solar energy may not seem ... RTGs are essentially nuclear-powered batteries. But unlike the AAA batteries in your TV remote, RTGs can provide power for decades while ...

NASA's Parker Solar Probe has successfully completed its second close flyby of the sun, the space agency announced earlier this week. The car-sized spacecraft swooped within 3.8 million miles (6.1 ...