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BWX Technologies, a Lynchburg-based manufacturer of nuclear components and fuel, announced Thursday it won two U.S. Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program contracts totaling more than $1.4 billion. The ...

NASA's next mission sounds more like an Andy Weir space drama than a government project. Debuted at NASA's March 2026 'Ignition' event, the agency's first nuclear-powered mission to Mars now has a ...

A NASA nuclear scientist died after a fiery crash in a rural Alabama town last year, which at the time caused suspicion among family members. Joshua LeBlanc, 29, died in a fiery crash in his Tesla on ...

With NASA’s Artemis II—the first crewed lunar flyby in more than 50 years—successfully completed, attention is now turning to what’s next: establishing an enduring presence on the moon. Through a ...

As the United States marks its 250th anniversary, WTOP presents “250 Years of America,” a multipart series examining the innovations, breakthroughs and pivotal moments that have shaped the nation ...

The White House has issued a sweeping National Space Policy that establishes a rigorous framework for the development and deployment of nuclear power and propulsion systems in orbit and beyond. The ...

Maritime nuclear power presents a fundamentally different model for energy: one that is mobile, continuous, and independent of both fixed infrastructure and fuel supply chains. This idea is not new, ...

Moving an object in space is very energy-consuming, even once a spacecraft has escaped the gravity well of a planet. This is in part because the distance between celestial objects is so vast. For ...

When NASA announced a new Mars helicopter mission called Skyfall last week, the immediate response from most scientists had little to do with the ambitious plan to launch tiny, robotic aircraft to the ...

This week, NASA administrator Jared Isaacman announced the agency will be developing the "first nuclear powered interplanetary spacecraft" ahead of a planned 2028 launch to Mars. The ambition of the ...