What is Russia’s mysterious new space weapon?
WASHINGTON WAS abuzz on February 14th with news of a mysterious Russian space weapon. Mike Turner, chairman of the House ...
Space nukes, solar lasers & ‘gravity tractors’…how mankind could stop asteroid 2024 YR4 from smashing into Earth
SCIENTISTS have unveiled several options to stop 2024 YR4, an asteroid the size of a football pitch from smashing into Earth. It comes after an expert warned that the chance of the giant space ...
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Nuclear Reactor Test Requirements Put DRACO Launch Plans On Hold
short-duration engine test comparable to what the DRACO effort would require, Osorio says that “qualifying an operational nuclear thermal propulsion engine for space transportation will require ...
Huge Asteroid Could Hit Earth in 2032. Here's How We Could Stop It
Nuclear missiles, the DART mission and space lasers have been floated as potential solutions to the YR4 asteroid.
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Iranian ‘nuclear weapons test’ was actually an earthquake
An earthquake that struck Iran last year was misreported as a covert nuclear weapons test amid rising global tension, ...
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General Atomics tests nuclear thermal propulsion fuel for space missions
General Atomics has completed several key tests for nuclear thermal propulsion (NTP) reactor technology at NASA’s MSFC.
SpaceX’s Lost Starship In 7th Test Echos NASA Setbacks In Space Race I
While SpaceX lost the upper stage of its new Starship in a flight test, the futuristic spacecraft presages a spaceflight revolution, says a leading U.S. space scholar.
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Human space travel to Mars gets one step closer after key NASA test
In the quest to explore the cosmos, NASA's latest breakthrough in thermal propulsion fuel could redefine our journey to Mars.
Elon Musk biggest gainer in Trump’s Iron Dome for America
SpaceX, the leader in launching US spy and military satellites, has already launched missile-detection satellites for the ...
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Star wars threat to the West: How doomsday EMP space nukes could cripple US and allies by 'frying' critical infrastructure and killing vital satellites - with Putin already ...
The reports sparked fears that Moscow could blast a satellite into space with a nuclear warhead ... after the United States' Starfish Prime nuclear test above Bikini Atoll - a small spit of ...