Elon Musk is old news-or rather, old tech. That's the take by Vladimir Koshlakov, the head of Russia's Keldysh Research Center and a man who want to build a nuclear-powered rocket (you heard that ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Russia is building a nuclear-powered rocket. According to state-owned media outlet Russia Today, the Keldysh Research Center is ...

NASA got through the Artemis II mission last week with a few minor “anomalies,” as NASA calls problems, but in 2028 it plans to launch a nuclear-powered rocket to Mars as an initial step to using ...

Space rockets may soon use nuclear-powered engines based on nuclear thermal propulsion, or NTP technology. While no nuclear engine will fly this year, the field is approaching a major milestone, with ...

I’ve grown up with rockets that burn chemical fuel, but NASA’s next big leap in propulsion could make those engines look as dated as steam trains. By turning to nuclear power in space, the agency is ...

Nasa scientists are developing new nuclear powered rockets that they hope could be used to travel the huge distances needed to take astronauts to Mars and explore the solar system. They believe the ...

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. A nuclear thermal ...

MOSCOW, April 1. /TASS/. The preliminary design for the Nuklon nuclear-powered propulsion system has been completed, Dmitry Bakanov, CEO of the Roscosmos State Space Corporation, said at a meeting of ...

A Russian research center has taken the wraps of a powerful, reusable nuclear engine that’s been designed for an attempted mission to Mars. In a video posted to social media, it’s claimed the rocket ...

A NUCLEAR engine that could rocket humans to Mars in less than half the current journey time is being designed for Nasa. The US space agency is aiming to put people on the Red Planet in the 2030s and ...

A British company headed by former Made in Chelsea heartthrob Richard Dinan has built a rocket engine that it claims could halve the journey time between Earth and Mars. In a landmark test, the ...