In July 1969, the Soviet Union’s N1 moon rocket ignited all 30 engines and detonated on the launch pad, creating one of the most powerful non nuclear explosions in history. This is the story of how a ...

Nuclear power has been a part of space travel since the 1960s. Now, two American firms are poised to advance the energy source's final frontier potential with small reactors that can power operations ...

For more than six decades, the United States has pursued the promise of nuclear power in space — a technology capable of delivering energy where sunlight can’t reach and enabling missions beyond the ...

The future of American leadership in space will hinge on one factor: the ability to generate high power on orbit and on the surface of celestial bodies such as the moon. From a physics standpoint, ...

Energy Secretary Chris Wright said the testing ordered up in a surprise announcement by President Trump last week would focus on “the other parts” of nuclear weaponry. By Zolan Kanno-Youngs The ...

On Nov. 13, 1972, Terry Christensen was working in his office at Dixon Inc. on Orchard Mesa when he, like others, “felt the tremor.” He added. “We went out and saw the smoke. We saw a mushroom cloud, ...