White House Drives Pentagon Toward 2031 Space Nuclear Power Demo
Sanjukta Praharaj
April 15, 2026
The White House has unveiled a new, ambitious plan to deploy nuclear power in space. The strategy aims to build
The White House has unveiled a new, ambitious plan to deploy nuclear power in space. The strategy aims to build
China has unveiled a key component of its reusable space program, marking a major step toward cost-effective, frequent space missions.
The first human mission to travel around the Moon in more than fifty years has successfully returned to Earth. The
China’s Space Pioneer suffered a launch failure of its Tianlong-3 rocket on Friday, a setback for the country’s plan to build internet satellite networks. The 72-metre rocket was designed to rival SpaceX’s reusable Falcon 9, carrying 36 satellites per launch. An anomaly occurred during flight. The company is investigating. Previous tests also ended in explosion. China’s megaconstellations need reliable reusable rockets to compete with Starlink’s 10,000 satellites.
Astronomers have discovered a rare and fascinating phenomenon at the center of the galaxy Markarian 501: two supermassive black holes
China has revealed that its space-based solar power program may go beyond clean energy, with the same technology capable of
A powerful new laser system is changing how space missions talk to Earth. Onboard NASA’s Orion spacecraft, this technology is
A recent study by researchers from the University of Basel, ETH Zurich, and the European Space Agency highlights a new
NASA has unveiled plans to launch a nuclear electric propulsion rocket, Space Reactor-1 Freedom, to Mars by December 2028. The agency also outlined a three-phase, $30 billion plan to build a permanent moon base using nuclear power. The initiatives follow a White House executive order on space superiority and aim to enable faster deep-space travel.
China’s commercial space sector is entering a new phase of price competition with global players. Its new Kinetica-2 rocket is
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