I’ve grown up with rockets that burn chemical fuel, but NASA’s next big leap in propulsion could make those engines look as dated as steam trains. By turning to nuclear power in space, the agency is ...

A nuclear thermal propulsion engine could cut the travel time in half for future space explorers racing to the Red Planet.

Space agencies are moving closer to a new era of rocket propulsion that could fundamentally change deep-space travel. Nuclear ...

The Space Age framed nuclear propulsion as a quiet rethinking of movement, distance, and endurance beyond Earth.

NASA’s push for a new nuclear rocket engine is not just another upgrade to the hardware we strap to the bottom of spacecraft.

BUFFALO, N.Y. — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul brought a special north of the border guest to Buffalo on Friday. The governor and Ontario Premier Doug Ford sought to make a powerful presentation at the ...

The federal government announced that it would back an effort to build several Westinghouse nuclear reactors, but offered few details. By Ivan Penn The Trump administration on Tuesday announced a plan ...

In May, President Trump sat in the Oval Office flanked by executives from America's nuclear power industry. "It's a hot industry. It's a brilliant industry," the president said from behind the ...