As humanity looks to explore beyond our planet and push the boundaries of space travel, the aerospace and defense industries are entering ...

A California-based company, SpinLaunch, is making waves with its innovative satellite launch system, drawing particular ...

NASA is working on a groundbreaking nuclear electric propulsion system that could dramatically speed up trips to Mars. The ...

NASA’s latest breakthrough, the Rotating Detonation Engine (RDE), could revolutionize space travel with up to 5% greater fuel ...

One of China’s latest commercial launch companies has secured early funding as it aims to develop a launcher featuring first ...

Electric propulsion is being increasingly used on space missions and could ultimately replace thrusters using chemical ...

What happened to China's reusable rocket testbed? A Chinese state-owned company performed a rocket flight on January 18 (US ...

Nuclear propulsion could be the future of space travel and NASA and General Atomics just brought us one step closer.

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 ...

For the past week, an uncrewed lunar lander has been journeying through outer space on a 60-day mission to the moon on behalf ...

A new type of nuclear thermal propulsion reactor fuel has been successfully tested at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center, ...

General Atomic's new nuclear fuel was subjected to the maximum heat of a reactor for 20 minutes in the latest tests.