At the height of the Cold War, US Air Force officials proposed a terrifying plan to help America demonstrate its superiority ...
Instead, high-energy radiation and electromagnetic pulses dominate, posing serious risks to satellites, spacecraft, and ...
The curious minds at What If explore what happens if the largest nuclear bomb explodes in space, revealing radiation, ...
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What happened when the US detonated a nuclear bomb in space

In 1962, the United States detonated a nuclear weapon in space during a Cold War experiment called Starfish Prime. The blast created artificial radiation belts that crippled satellites and disrupted ...
The future of American leadership in space will hinge on one factor: the ability to generate high power on orbit and on the surface of celestial bodies such as the moon. From a physics standpoint, ...
For more than six decades, the United States has pursued the promise of nuclear power in space — a technology capable of delivering energy where sunlight can’t reach and enabling missions beyond the ...
The US Air Force Research Laboratory’s Space Vehicles Directorate has given space technology and infrastructure services company Intuitive Machines a USD8.2 million contract extension to develop ...