In this week’s episode of Space Minds, Bhavya Lal, the former acting Chief Technologist at NASA explains how nuclear power could unlock humanity’s next giant leap in space.

In the 1950s, when Dyson was first working on the program, he advocated using low-yield nuclear devices (in the 0.1-10 kiloton range). His vision was for these Orion-type spacecraft, powered by ...

Before we landed on the Moon, in the early days of the Cold War, Project Orion contemplated using Nuclear Bombs to power ...

Key programs on the chopping block include the Mars Sample Return mission-intended to bring back samples collected by the ...

NASA administrator nominee Jared Isaacman says he would, if necessary, prioritize Artemis over human missions to Mars and ...

Dragging the trash barrel to the curb, I look up at the night sky, and my current self is instantly tethered to all my past ...

United Nations Security Council begins closed door consultations on situation between India and Pakistan. A political storm ...

But I find all the usual suspects a budding astronomer can recognize — the constellations of Orion, the Seven Sisters ... Especially in the hyper-individual, nuclear-family-centered, fend ...

But I find all the usual suspects a budding astronomer can recognize — the constellations of Orion, the Seven Sisters ... Especially in the hyper-individual, nuclear-family-centered, fend ...