Most space missions rely on chemical rockets for propulsion. Rockets must carry fuel, which increases spacecraft mass and ...

General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) just hit a massive milestone that could alter the future of space exploration. The company has successfully trialed a nuclear fuel that could one day ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: While chemical rockets penned the opening pages of the story of human spaceflight, countries around the world are eager to start a new chapter: ...

Space junk returning to the Earth is introducing metal pollution to the pristine upper atmosphere as it burns up on re-entry, a new study has found. Published today in the journal Communications Earth ...

Human crews headed for Mars are still looking at journeys that last most of a year, long enough for radiation, boredom and mechanical risk to pile up. Nuclear propulsion promises to compress that ...

Chemical engines put the first satellite into space, the first man on the Moon, and have sent the first deep space probes hurtling out of our solar system. However, chemical rockets have reached the ...

This morning we are connecting you with rockets, robots, and real-world problem-solving. T.A. Walker is in West Palm Beach and is shining a light on the Boys and Girls Clubs of Palm Beach County and ...