NASA and its partners have successfully tested a nuclear thermal propulsion (NTP) fuel that could revolutionize deep-space ...

Nuclear propulsion could be the future of space travel and NASA and General Atomics just brought us one step closer.

A laboratory prototype of a plasma electric rocket engine based on a magnetic plasma accelerator has been produced by Rosatom ...

A nuclear thermal rocket could potentially achieve double or triple the Delta-V of a SpaceX Starship ... Long-term storage of cryogenic hydrogen for the follow-on propulsion system remains a key ...

The tests showed the fuel can withstand the harsh conditions of a nuclear thermal propulsion reactor. In other words, it has the capability to one day power a nuclear rocket that could fire humans ...

Scientists are developing a new space propulsion system that uses water as fuel, promising a more sustainable way to explore ...

NASA is working on a groundbreaking nuclear electric propulsion system that could dramatically speed up trips to Mars. The ...

The best, in fact, the only, candidate for this is the Nuclear Thermal Propulsion (NTP) system or nuclear rocket. First conceived of in 1945, this is a rocket that replaces burning chemical fuel ...

General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) just hit a massive milestone that could alter the future of space exploration. The company has successfully trialed a nuclear fuel that could one ...

Rocket technology predates space exploration by almost a thousand years, and although today's computerized multi-ton launch vehicles are a lot more capable than 11th-century gunpowder-assisted ...

Electric propulsion is being increasingly used on space missions and could ultimately replace thrusters using chemical ...

Modular Assembled Radiators for Nuclear Electric Propulsion Vehicles ... we eliminate trying to fit the whole system into one rocket fairing," said Amanda Stark, a heat transfer engineer at ...