Earlier this year, rocket scientists at NASA fired up an electromagnetic thruster powered by lithium metal vapor.

Voyager 1 is losing power, and NASA just shut down a decades-old instrument to keep it going. The sacrifice could help the ...

WASHINGTON — The Department of Energy and NASA are meeting regularly to investigate how they can cooperate on technologies that go beyond their long-standing work on nuclear power systems. The two ...

Voyager 1 just powered down a nearly 50-year-old instrument to stay alive in deep space. The spacecraft is running critically ...

NASA shut down Voyager 1's charged particles instrument to save dwindling power, as the interstellar spacecraft loses about 4 ...

NASA and the U.S. Department of Energy on Tuesday announced a renewed commitment to developing a nuclear fission power system for use on the Moon, a move aimed at supporting long-term lunar ...

An illustration of a Kilopower nuclear reactor on the moon. NASA is considering a flight test of that fission reactor technology, possibly flown on a lunar lander, in the mid-2020s. Credit: NASA ...

March 19, 2004 — NASA has a new partner in its mission to explore the universe and search for life. The Department of Energy’s (DOE) Naval Reactors (NR) Program joins NASA in its effort to investigate ...

Nasa recently deactivated Voyager 1's low-energy charged particles experiment to conserve power, ensuring the spacecraft ...

RENO — Environmentalists, ranchers and others have fought for years against lithium mining ventures in Nevada. Yet opposition to mining one particular desert tract for the silvery white metal used in ...