Angry Astronaut and Nextbigfuture commenter are making the case that SpaceX and Elon Musk must switch to nuclear thermal rockets to colonize Mars. I will ...

Researchers at NASA Langley are developing a next-gen system called MARVL (Modular Assembled Radiators for Nuclear Electric ...

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India will showcase the Pralay ballistic missile system for the first time during the Republic Day Parade on6, 2025.

The more than 400-foot rocket, powered by 33 Raptor engines ... Despite the loss, SpaceX has high hopes for the future of the Starship spacecraft. Unlike the Falcon 9 rocket, which has been ...

Three years into the design and development effort ... and launched from Cape Canaveral. The rocket stands more than 320 feet (98 meters) high and features a 7-meter (23-foot-wide) payload ...

While the presidential transition commanded headlines this week, equally significant shifts were occurring in AI technology. Just hours before Donald Trump’s inauguration, DeepSeek released its latest ...

Rocket technology ... of nuclear-powered rockets. The DRACO vehicle being developed in partnership with DARPA will use nuclear thermal propulsion (NTP), which could provide high thrust at several ...

power and computer systems. It will remain attached to the rocket’s second stage. About an hour after launch, the second stage will perform another engine burn to push it into a high elliptical ...

The New Glenn is a heavy-lift vehicle, Henry noted, and vehicles of its size and power have ... of commercial rockets allow the US government to evaluate their design and performance, according ...

Three years into the design and ... to the New Glenn rocket’s launch from Mission Control. (Blue Origin via YouTube) The rocket stands more than 320 feet (98 meters) high and features a 7 ...