US defense contractor Amentum has secured an $85 million contract to support the modernization ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Two United States based firms have entered into a partnership to advance high-power nuclear electric propulsion technology for ...

USS California survived the Cold War and Desert Storm without being damaged in action. She was decommissioned on 9 July 1999 ...

Propulsion technologies are the key to exploring the outer solar system, and many organizations have been working on novel ones. One with a long track record is the Ad Astra Rocket Company, which has ...

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 technologies that could help transport a crew on that round-trip journey in a ...

The high ground has always held strategic and tactical importance—from mountaintops in ancient battles to the orbital vantage points of today. China and Russia are rapidly accelerating their space and ...

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman outlined plans for nuclear propulsion, a moon base and eventual astronaut missions to Mars.

This study will identify primary technical and programmatic challenges, merits, and risks for developing and demonstrating space nuclear propulsion technologies of interest to future exploration ...

It has long become obvious that if we are to expand our reach into the solar system, the current means of propulsion for spaceships would simply not do. With such goals set for the near future, the ...

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 ...

The Japanese defense minister said on Nov. 6 that Japan must consider adding nuclear-powered submarines to its fleet, a ...