Following a December 2025 executive order prioritizing “American space superiority,” NASA is advancing nuclear ...

Somewhere inside NASA’s sprawling nuclear propulsion pipeline, a spacecraft called SR-1 Freedom is being designed to do ...

The Trump administration’s National Initiative for American Space Nuclear Power unveiled today says the Pentagon and NASA will run “design competitions” that are “parallel and mutually reinforcing” to ...

The White House's space nuclear policy funds lunar power and electric propulsion but sidelines nuclear thermal propulsion, ...

Just before Artemis II began its historic slingshot around the moon, Jared Isaacman, the recently confirmed NASA ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) (THE CONVERSATION) Every year, companies and space agencies launch hundreds of rockets ...

With NASA’s Artemis II—the first crewed lunar flyby in more than 50 years—successfully completed, attention is now turning to what’s ...

NASA got through the Artemis II mission last week with a few minor “anomalies,” as NASA calls problems, but in 2028 it plans to launch a nuclear-powered rocket to Mars as an initial step to using ...

The White House has issued a sweeping National Space Policy that establishes a rigorous framework for the development and deployment of nuclear power and propulsion systems in orbit and beyond.

Delray Beach, FL, Oct. 20, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The space propulsion market was valued at USD 13.36 billion in 2025 and is projected to grow to USD 20.02 billion at a compound annual growth rate ...