NASA engineers have completed first cold-flow tests of a full-scale nuclear thermal propulsion reactor, validating designs for future deep-space missions.

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The US Department of Energy has approved Antares’ preliminary safety analysis for its Mark-0 microreactor under the Reactor ...

Cold-flow tests at NASA Marshall demonstrated the stability of a nuclear propulsion design aimed at reducing travel times to the moon and Mars.

Nuclear propulsion and power technologies could unlock new frontiers in missions to the moon, Mars, and beyond. NASA has reached an important milestone advancing nuclear propulsion that could benefit ...

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Things are much bigger outside the solar system.

When four astronauts begin a historic trip around the moon as soon as Feb. 6, they’ll climb aboard NASA’s 16.5-foot-wide Orion spacecraft with the understanding that it has a known flaw — one that has ...

NASA’s Perseverance rover has achieved a major first by driving across Mars using routes planned by artificial intelligence rather than human operators. Credit: NASA. An AI just ...

NASA Used AI to Drive Its Perseverance Mars Rover for the First Time ...

NASA’s Perseverance rover has just made history by driving across Mars using routes planned by artificial intelligence instead of human operators. A vision-capable AI analyzed the same images and ...