Space missions in the future could travel to Mars, asteroids and the outer solar system by riding on nuclear-powered rockets, ...

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy will announce expedited plans this week to build a nuclear reactor on the moon, the first major action by the former Fox News host as the interim NASA administrator ...

LOS ALAMOS, N.M., May 14, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Space Nuclear Power Corporation (SpaceNukes) has been selected as a commercial partner to design and develop an advanced fission reactor for the Space ...

"If you are interested in long-term space colonization or lunar bases or Mars bases, nuclear becomes quite quickly your only option," said James Walker.

While nuclear reactors have been around on Earth for over 70 years, placing them on the moon would be unprecedented. NASA’s acting administrator, Sean Duffy, is aiming to do the undone: a reactor ...

Getting to Mars takes a really long time, about nine months using today's rocket technology. This is because regular rocket engines burn fuel and oxygen together (like a car engine), but they're not ...

"Duffy to announce nuclear reactor on the moon" is not a headline I imagined reading before last week. Sure, as a sci-fi loving nerd, I could see a future where nuclear power played a role in ...

The Trump administration will reportedly announce plans later this week to build a nuclear reactor on the moon, according to Politico. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Interim ...

The Sunbird Migratory Transfer Vehicle, a nuclear fusion rocket concept by Pulsar Fusion, is designed to revolutionize the way humans travel to space, cutting in half the time it takes to get from ...

Mars has received considerable attention in the past few decades, thanks to the many robotic missions exploring it to learn more about its past. NASA and China plan to send astronauts/taikonauts there ...

LYNCHBURG, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--BWX Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: BWXT) announced today that the U.S. Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program has exercised contract options totaling approximately $1 billion for ...

BWX Technologies has secured approximately $2.6 billion in contracts from the U.S. Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program to produce naval nuclear reactor components. The work supports ongoing construction ...