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NASA’s new nuclear engine could transform deep space

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 ...
Lawrence Journal-World

A nuclear engineering program makes its return to Kansas State

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 ...
The Conversation

Nasa bets big on nuclear engines to cut journey times to Mars

Nasa is developing ways to use nuclear power to send spacecraft to their destinations. Nuclear propulsion could greatly reduce the journey time to Mars, perhaps cutting a voyage of more than six ...
KCUR 89.3 FM

A Kansas nuclear engineering program is back and students are quickly signing up

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 ...
KBTX

Texas A&M hosts open house to highlight future of nuclear energy, technology

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 ...