NASA engineers manage propulsion systems and space communications to maintain Artemis II’s schedule, ensuring the Orion spacecraft and crew remain connected from launch to splashdown.

NASA’s new exploration strategy includes the rapid development of a nuclear-powered mission to Mars in 2028, leveraging ...

NASA announced a mission to Mars using nuclear electric propulsion. How does it differ from earlier missions that utilized ...

In an on-going overhaul of NASA's Artemis program, agency officials say it will take seven years to build a sophisticated ...

In a groundbreaking development, Ohio State University has unveiled a new concept for nuclear thermal propulsion that could significantly cut down travel time to Mars. Building on past space ...

The goal is to demonstrate "advanced nuclear electric propulsion in deep space." The post NASA Announces Nuclear Mission to ...

But what should NASA do with hardware already built for the Gateway outpost? NASA spent close to $4.5 billion on developing a ...

General Atomics and NASA have successfully tested a new type of nuclear thermal propulsion reactor fuel at the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center in Alabama. The new fuel could help power propulsion ...

NASA’s Psyche spacecraft, located nearly 150 million miles from Earth on the way to an unexplored metal asteroid, has stopped firing its engines after detecting a problem in its propulsion system.

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 ...

NASA plans a 2028 nuclear-powered Mars mission using SR-1 Freedom and Skyfall helicopters, aiming to transform deep-space ...

A $20 billion plan for a moon base by 2030 and the launch nuclear-propulsion space exploration raises hopes, but caution ...