NASA is backing a new generation of nuclear rockets that could compress the months-long journey to Mars into a sprint ...
NASA’s push for a new nuclear rocket engine is not just another upgrade to the hardware we strap to the bottom of spacecraft.
This new propulsion system could rewrite the rules of spaceflight—not to mention completely defy conventional physics.
NASA is preparing to launch three sounding rockets as part of its Turbulent Oxygen Mixing Experiment Plus, or TOMEX+, with a launch window opening at 10 p.m. on Aug. 25 from the Wallops Flight ...