NASA has been awarded a sum of $125 million to develop nuclear thermal propulsion systems for its future spacecraft. First reported by Space.com, the award was given as part of a total $22.3 billion ...

For the first time since the 1970s, NASA is developing nuclear propulsion systems for its spacecraft. Republican leadership sees nuclear propulsion as an important step along the way to deep space ...

The award is part of a total $22.3 billion of funding for NASA in a commerce, justice, and science (CJS) appropriations bill approved by the House Appropriations Committee this month. “The bill’s ...

A Nasa spacecraft has zoomed above the surface of Mercury, viewing rocky terrain never before seen up close on the solar system's innermost planet, scientists said. The Messenger probe flew as low as ...

NASA is currently tracking an asteroid that’s expected to approach Earth on Tuesday. According to the agency’s Center for Near Earth Object Studies (CNEOS), the incoming asteroid is almost as big as ...

Just before 10:40 a.m. Friday, Florida Lt. Gov. Jeanette Nuñez rolled in a black Ford Expedition beneath a large U.S. flag suspended above the first, newly built NASA Causeway high-level bridge, ...

PASADENA, Calif. — With congressional funding and industry support, nuclear thermal propulsion technology is making progress for potential use on future NASA deep space missions, although how it fits ...

Five of the seven astronauts who will make repairs to the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) during the 2009 space shuttle mission visited Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. on November 14. Ball Aerospace ...

Based on the data collected by NASA regarding the asteroid, 2019 MB4 is expected to zip past the planet on July 9 at 7:20 am ST. During its approach, the asteroid will be within 0.00211 astronomical ...