We’ve been talking about going to Mars for decades, but we haven’t yet cracked how to get people there and back safely and in a reasonable amount of time. The problem is one of distance and the ...

From 24K Magic’s golden shimmer to the disco groove of Uptown Funk and the tender pulse of Marry You, Bruno Mars is a master of reinvention. But when the spotlight fades, he swaps microphones for ...

In the race to land the first humans on Mars, NASA is betting big on nuclear rocket engines to get its astronauts to the red planet. Earlier this year, the agency announced a partnership with the ...

A laboratory prototype of a plasma electric rocket engine based on a magnetic plasma accelerator has been produced by Rosatom scientists, who say it could slash travel time to Mars to one or two ...

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In the relentless quest to make journeys to Mars shorter and safer, Russian scientists have recently turned heads with a bold claim: A plasma-based propulsion system could cut the Earth–Mars transit ...

A mission to Mars could soon be on the horizon for NASA. The agency is working with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to test a nuclear thermal rocket engine in space for a ...

NASA is partnering with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, or DARPA, to use a nuclear thermal rocket engine in space, according to reports. In a press release on Tuesday, NASA said the ...

NASA and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency said on Tuesday they will jointly develop a nuclear thermal rocket engine that will help the US stage crewed missions to Mars. The agencies plan ...

SIOUX CITY (KTIV) - The third annual Tack Swap hosted by the Le Mars Saddle Club is taking place this month. There are all sorts of vendors and concessions at the Tack Swap selling a variety of items ...

A laboratory in Troitsk, Russia, may have just nudged humanity closer to interplanetary commuting. Scientists at Rosatom, the country's state nuclear corporation, have revealed a working prototype of ...