If it proves successful, CNTR could allow future vehicles to travel farther using less fuel. Traditional chemical engines ...

Researchers at Ohio State University say they’ve reached a new milestone in nuclear propulsion that could dramatically speed ...

Space missions in the future could travel to Mars, asteroids and the outer solar system by riding on nuclear-powered rockets, ...

Mars nuclear rocket: Researchers at Ohio State University say they’ve hit a breakthrough that could reshape how humans travel through space. Their new concept, a centrifugal nuclear thermal rocket, or ...

Scientists are developing a centrifugal nuclear thermal rocket (CNTR) that could potentially speed up interplanetary voyages, including trips to Mars.

Scientists of Russia’s state nuclear corporation Rosatom are successfully working on a project to create a plasma rocket ...

Scientists have developed a new form of nuclear propulsion that they claim could slash mission times to Mars and enable voyages to the farthest reaches of the solar system. A team from Ohio State ...

Kim supervised test of new solid-fuel rocket engine for N Korea's ICBMs, in latest development of his missile arsenal.

North Korea has tested ICBMs that could potentially reach the U.S. mainland, including those with built-in solid propellants ...

NASA's Glenn Research Centre in Northeast Ohio has been selected to lead the development of nuclear power systems for lunar ...

Over 14,000 pieces of junk are clogging up low Earth orbit, but this number could be reduced by a new invention that involves ...

An experiment that transformed lead into gold, a satellite designed to manufacture drugs in space, and many other fascinating ...