Spacecraft powered by electric propulsion could soon be better protected against their own exhaust, thanks to new ...

By John Adams NASA’s new spacecraft concept incorporates a nuclear-electric propulsion system to accelerate journeys to Mars.

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

Learn about the missions NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory is planning to launch, including research on the expansion of the ...

What an amateur astronomer recently took to be a newly-discovered asteroid turned out to be a Tesla Roadster voyaging through ...

"Personnel who are able to telework for the week are encouraged to do so, as full and final clean up of the facility is ...

Scientists propose using relativistic electron beams to propel spacecraft, offering a new hope for interstellar travel within ...

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

Researchers at NASA Langley are developing a next-gen system called MARVL (Modular Assembled Radiators for Nuclear Electric ...

The trip to Mars and back is not one for the faint of heart. We're not talking days, weeks, or months. But there are ...

Astrophysics and space research have fascinated humanity for centuries, unlocking secrets of the universe and driving ...

The liquid propulsion system, called the Crew Module Propulsion System (CMPS), is a bi-propellant-based Reaction Control ...