NASA plans to launch a nuclear-powered spacecraft to Mars by 2028, a major step for deep space exploration and its planned moon base.

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

NASA could be sending a nuclear-powered spacecraft to explore the skies of Mars in two years. The revelation about the new mission and the incredibly fast turnaround time to make it happen was mostly ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Artist's impression of Space Reactor-1 Freedom, the nuclear-powered spaceship NASA says it is sending to Mars. (CREDIT: NASA) For ...

Nuclear spaceship is now on NASA’s actual roadmap with a launch target before the end of the decade. The agency just unveiled ...

For decades, nuclear propulsion has been a fixture of aerospace engineering proposals and government studies, always promising, never quite leaving the laboratory. That changes in 2028. NASA announced ...

The mission, called Space Reactor 1 Freedom, will test advanced nuclear electric propulsion. Upon reaching Mars, the spacecraft would deploy helicopters to explore the planet from the air. This ...