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

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

Reaching Mars and beyond requires more than traditional rocket engines. This video explains how nuclear propulsion could ...

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.

Nuclear thermal propulsion (NTP), a technology studied for decades but never tested in orbit, is now approaching a critical milestone. While no nuclear-powered rocket is expected to fly this year, ...

This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. Every year, companies and space agencies launch ...