Month: January 2026

Students in the NSE and AeroAstro departments at MIT have worked together to coordinate a course titled “Aerospace Nuclear”. Over the course of six lectures, leading industry experts share their real world experience in topics including fission surface power, nuclear electric propulsion, air breathing nuclear propulsion, and nuclear thermal propulsion….

Taylor Hampson, a master’s student in the Nuclear Science and Engineering Department working on Centrifugal Nuclear Thermal Propulsion Technologies, was recently featured in an MIT News article. The article documents his effort to advance the field of advanced space propulsion and recent accomplishments with his research. The full article may be found here: https://news.mit.edu/2026/taylor-hampson-fueling-research-nuclear-thermal-propulsion-0111…