Ultra Safe Nuclear files for bankruptcy in a procedure aimed at facilitating its sale Seattle-based Ultra Safe Nuclear Corp. says it has filed a Chapter 11 bankruptcy petition as part of a court-supervised process… Read More
How power is blazing a trail for America’s space effort — and for nuclear startups As more and more hardware goes into Earth orbit, and eventually to the moon and Mars, where will the power… Read More
NASA joins forces with DARPA on effort to demonstrate nuclear rocket for Mars trips The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has taken on NASA as a partner for a project aimed at demonstrating a… Read More
NASA provides funding for way-out space proposals, including a flying boat for Titan NASA says it’ll distribute up to $2.45 million to 14 teams in support of experimental projects that would be right… Read More
Pentagon boosts two Seattle ventures working on nuclear-powered prototypes for space applications Two Seattle companies have won Pentagon contracts to develop nuclear-powered prototypes for space applications, with orbital demonstrations set for 2027.… Read More
USNC-Tech and Blue Origin win a contract for nuclear thermal propulsion design Seattle-based Ultra Safe Nuclear Technologies and its partners are among three teams winning $5 million contracts from NASA and the… Read More
Space nuclear power is nearing critical mass as the final frontier’s next frontier The idea of putting nukes in space may sound like a national security nightmare, but the right kind of nukes… Read More
Lasers on the moon? Nuclear rockets? NASA awards millions for way-out tech NASA’s latest crop of space technology grants will fund work on projects ranging from power-beaming lasers for lunar missions to… Read More
NASA backs concepts for deep-drilling Mars rover and interstellar-object probe The latest crop of NASA-backed concepts for far-out space exploration includes “borebots” that could drill as far as a mile… Read More
