I’ve grown up with rockets that burn chemical fuel, but NASA’s next big leap in propulsion could make those engines look as dated as steam trains. By turning to nuclear power in space, the agency is ...

That something is nuclear propulsion. Essentially, a nuclear rocket engine is a reactor that has hydrogen running through it as a propellant, which is heated to an astonishing 3,000 K (2,727 °C, 4,940 ...

College students at Kansas State University are increasingly eyeing careers in nuclear technology. So the school has relaunched a bachelor’s degree that originally blazed a trail in the U.S. for ...

This past semester, Kansas State University relaunched the nuclear engineering major that it discontinued in 1996. It has already attracted more than 50 students. College students at Kansas State ...

COLLEGE STATION, Texas (KBTX) - Nuclear energy may play a major role in powering the future, and Texas A&M University staff say the future is already taking shape in the Brazos Valley. Texas A&M ...

MANHATTAN, Kan. (WIBW) - The Carl R. Ice College of Engineering at Kansas State University will add nuclear engineering as its 15th Bachelor of Science degree program. The curriculum, with recent ...

Sixteen full scholarships are available for the Nuclear Engineering Technology Degree program at Connecticut State Community College Three Rivers Campus. The program is a partnership with the Three ...

NASA’s push for a new nuclear rocket engine is not just another upgrade to the hardware we strap to the bottom of spacecraft. It is an attempt to rewrite the basic rules of how far, how fast, and how ...