Nuclear power is also being studied for in-space propulsion: Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin is one of the companies working on a Pentagon project aimed at demonstrating a nuclear thermal ...

But in space or on the Moon, there are no power lines, no sunlight at night and no backup grid. Every system — from life ...

Nuclear propulsion is the fastest way to send a manned mission to Mars, as the United States proposes to do in the late 2030s. But nuclear power can also be useful for other activities in space that ...

The NETS meeting at PNNL in Richland this week explored what we need to do to really get humans into space – specialized nuclear power for space, specialized materials, energy conversion ...

Satellites and interplanetary probes have been using nuclear power for long missions for 50 years. But it all started with one U.S. Navy satellite: Transit 4A.

In 2018, NASA successfully tested a 10-kilowatt fission reactor in a vacuum chamber simulating the environment of space. But the commercial space nuclear power industry is still a fledgling industry.

Nuclear power is experiencing a renaissance on Earth, and in space. Whether we’re talking about lunar bases or space exploration, nuclear might be the key to pushing beyond our current boundaries.

President Donald Trump on Wednesday (Dec. 16) issued Space Policy Directive-6 (SPD-6), which lays out a national strategy for the responsible and effective use of space nuclear power and ...

Energy is a precious commodity in space exploration. Perpetual Atomics, a spin-off from the University of Leicester, is developing nuclear technology for space missions. The recently launched spin ...

WASHINGTON — The White House released a new space policy directive Dec. 16 intended to serve as a strategic roadmap for the development of space nuclear power and propulsion technologies.

An illustration of a spacecraft for deep space missions powered by nuclear thermal propulsion. Congress has added funding to NASA appropriations bills to support development of the technology ...