A paper from several NASA scientists and other researchers explores whether an asteroid with a 4% chance of hitting the moon ...
The U.S. Department of Energy said on Tuesday it has selected Sam Altman-backed nuclear technology firm Oklo OKLO.N, Terrestrial Energy, TRISO-X and Valar Atomics for its new pilot program to build ...
A researcher, Heikki Mäntysaari from the University of Jyväskylä (Finland), has been part of an international research group ...
Michigan State's Aziah Johnson runs for a gain against Indiana during the first quarter on Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024, at Spartan Stadium in East Lansing. Nick King/Lansing State Journal Nick King/Lansing ...
LITTLE ROCK, AR (KATV) — The Little Rock Workforce Development Board has been awarded a $4 million grant from the U.S. Department of Labor to support its re-entry program. The money will be used to ...
A Quad-City nonprofit organization that helps former inmates adjust to life on the outside and get into the workforce shows off a new location. Safer Foundation held an open house to celebrate the ...
A group of independent nuclear proliferation experts assessed that Iran no longer has a pathway to enrich uranium for nuclear weapons, confirming a major setback for the Islamic Republic following the ...
NASA has begun barring Chinese nationals with valid visas from joining its programs, underscoring the intensifying space race between the rival powers. The policy shift was first reported by Bloomberg ...
Scientists from The Ohio State University are making strides that could redefine our journey through space with a new twist on nuclear propulsion technologies. At the helm of this pioneering work, ...
UPDATE for 11 am ET: NASA's Perseverance rover has discovered sediment formations that could be signs of possible biosignatures on Mars, but they could also have a non-biological source. Read our ...
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The Nuclear Rocket NASA Almost Launched Into Space
What if the most powerful spaceship ever designed was powered by nuclear bombs? Project Orion was an ambitious Cold War-era idea to send massive spacecraft into space using atomic explosions for ...
That something is nuclear propulsion. Essentially, a nuclear rocket engine is a reactor that has hydrogen running through it as a propellant, which is heated to an astonishing 3,000 K (2,727 °C, 4,940 ...
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