For decades, nuclear propulsion has been a fixture of aerospace engineering proposals and government studies, always promising, never quite leaving the laboratory. That changes in 2028.

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

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

NASA plans to launch its first nuclear-powered interplanetary spacecraft in 2028, a probe called Space Reactor-1 Freedom that ...

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

NASA plans to send a nuclear-powered spacecraft and three helicopters to Mars before the end of 2028, a mission that would ...

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

NASA has big, potentially revolutionary plans coming up. On March 24, the agency announced that it wants to send a ...

NASA plans to launch a nuclear-powered spacecraft to Mars by 2028, a major step for deep space exploration and its planned ...

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 ...

The US space agency NASA has set out a series of ambitious goals for missions, which include a return to the Moon by early ...

Delray Beach, FL, Oct. 20, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The space propulsion market was valued at USD 13.36 billion in 2025 and is projected to grow to USD 20.02 billion at a compound annual growth rate ...