The satellite's maker, City Labs, believes this demonstration mission will be a key step toward putting nuclear power on the ...

A tiny satellite launched by SpaceX on Tuesday may mark a large shift in how spacecraft get power. The small spacecraft, ...

A satellite aboard SpaceX's Transporter-17 rideshare mission is the first commercially designed and operated spacecraft to ...

Interplanetary travel to Mars aboard nuclear-powered spaceships may sound like science fiction – yet NASA is planning to make ...

The United States and private space companies are advancing ambitious lunar and deep-space programs centered on nuclear power systems. Nuclear technologies, including radioisotope systems and fission ...

Miami-based City Labs is all set to launch the world’s first commercial nuclear-powered satellite ...

With NASA’s Artemis II—the first crewed lunar flyby in more than 50 years—successfully completed, attention is now turning to what’s next: establishing an enduring presence on the moon. Through a ...

The White House issued a directive on April 14 ordering NASA, the Pentagon, and the Department of Energy to develop a nuclear fission reactor capable of orbiting the moon, with a launch-ready target ...

The Trump administration is renewing its focus on creating nuclear power in space, releasing updated guidance for federal agencies following the historic Artemis II lunar mission. The action is aimed ...