NASA is leading an effort, working with the Department of Energy (DOE), to advance space nuclear technologies. The government team has selected three reactor design concept proposals for a nuclear ...

Viewed from orbit, Jackass Flats — situated in southern Nevada about 65 miles northwest of Las Vegas — could easily be confused for Mars. The alluvial basin is full of tan and gray regolith, hued ...

NASA engineers have successfully tested a new breed of reaction control engine and propulsion system. Aimed at furthering NASA’s space exploration goals, the tests helped investigate the possibility ...

NASA has begun qualification testing on what it calls "cutting-edge" solar electric propulsion (SEP) thrusters. The innovative thrusters will be showcased on the Gateway space station that will orbit ...

The Museum of Flight will host a July 22 presentation with Dr. Roger Myers exploring nuclear electric propulsion, NASA's Mars ...

Flying cars could finally actually be on the horizon. Anyone who's seen "Blade Runner" or "The Jetsons" knows that you can't have "The Future" without flying cars, but despite many people's hopes, ...

NASA plans to send crewed missions to Mars over the next decade – but the 140 million-mile (225 million-kilometer) journey to the red planet could take several months to years round trip. This ...

As NASA shifts its gaze back to the Moon and sets its sights on Mars and beyond in the coming decades, the agency is rethinking the means by which we’ll get there. After previously announcing a ...

Matter-antimatter annihilations produce about 10 billion times more energy per unit mass than chemical combustion (which powers most operational spacecraft propulsion systems) and about 300 times more ...

NASA and electric propulsion developer Magnix are moving forward with plans to advance cleaner regional aviation, revealing on 22 August a De Havilland Canada Dash 7 turboprop that will receive hybrid ...