Space agencies are moving closer to a new era of rocket propulsion that could fundamentally change deep-space travel. Nuclear ...

NASA’s push for a new nuclear rocket engine is not just another upgrade to the hardware we strap to the bottom of spacecraft.

Melbourne-based L3Harris acquired the vast rocket engine company Aerojet Rocketdyne in 2023, but on Monday announced it was ...

Private equity firm AE Industrial Partners will buy a majority stake in the RL-10 upper-stage rocket and space nuclear propulsion businesses from L3Harris Technologies for $507 million, according to ...

A new design for a nuclear-powered rocket could be the key to making the solar system more accessible. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...

Reaching Alpha Centauri within a single human lifetime has long sounded like science fiction, yet a new generation of nuclear ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) (THE CONVERSATION) Every year, companies and space agencies launch hundreds of rockets ...

L3Harris Technologies said Jan. 5 it will sell a majority stake in its space propulsion business to private equity firm AE ...