Before we colonize Mars or deep space, we need to master cislunar space! This episode dives into the National Space Society’s ...

Boeing has notified employees of possible layoffs due to potential changes in NASA’s Artemis program, a flagship initiative ...

NASA and General Atomics tested the fuel by exposing it to temperatures up to 3,000 Kelvin (4,940 Fahrenheit or 2,727 Celsius ...

Moon rocks have also made brief visits at the White House. During Trump's first term in office, a different Apollo 17 rock ...

The U.S. should not squander its hard-won technological lead by ceding dominion of cislunar space and the lunar surface to ...

US engineers have tested a thermal propulsion reactor fuel at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Centre with the aim for it to be eventually used for deep space missions, such as travelling to Mars. General ...

Recently, NASA and DARPA awarded Lockheed Martin a $499 million contract to build the Demonstration Rocket for Agile Cislunar Operations (DRACO). Estimates suggest this technology could enable a ...

General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) just hit a massive milestone that could alter the future of space exploration. The company has successfully trialed a nuclear fuel that could one ...

These tests focused on using NTP reactor fuel for fast, agile cislunar travel and deep space missions, including potential human missions to Mars. GA-EMS collaborated with NASA to ensure its ...

Credit: Lockheed Martin A vision to accelerate U.S. access to cislunar space and the wider Solar System through a landmark demonstration of nuclear thermal propulsion technology must wait.

The neighborhood of orbits around the Moon, called cislunar space, continues to grow in importance — both scientifically and for national security purposes. In December, the Johns Hopkins Applied ...