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. Pulsar Fusion ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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“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 ...

The laws of physics may not apply in the Star Wars universe. But just because it's highly unlikely we'll ever make the jump ...