Following a December 2025 executive order prioritizing “American space superiority,” NASA is advancing nuclear ...

Somewhere inside NASA’s sprawling nuclear propulsion pipeline, a spacecraft called SR-1 Freedom is being designed to do ...

NASA plans to launch a nuclear-powered spacecraft to Mars by 2028, a major step for deep space exploration and its planned moon base.

NASA confirmed Thursday that SpaceX will launch the European Space Agency’s Rosalind Franklin Mars rover, perhaps as soon as ...

NASA plans to launch SR-1 Freedom, its first nuclear-powered interplanetary spacecraft, to Mars in December 2028. The mission will test nuclear electric propulsion and deploy a trio of reconnaissance ...

NASA has approved work on ESA’s Rosalind Franklin Mars mission, set for a 2028 launch, aiming to search for signs of life ...

Mars exploration is heating up. NASA eyes sample returns and crewed landings by the 2030s, but its current relay satellites — ...