NASA and General Atomics tested the fuel by exposing it to temperatures up to 3,000 Kelvin (4,940 Fahrenheit or 2,727 Celsius ...

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

There will also need to be larger hydrogen tanks. NASA, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and Lockheed Martin (prime contractor) are design, build, and testing of NASA and DARPA’s ...

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

The Norwegian rocket incident, which took place on this day in 1995, marked the only known activation of a nuclear briefcase in response to a possible attack Laura Kiniry Seventy-five years ago ...

In other words, it has the capability to one day power a nuclear rocket that could fire humans into deep space at unprecedented speeds. NASA and other organizations have long looked at nuclear ...

While the 1950s was a time of truly unusual and fast-paced innovation in military aerospace, one of the more bizarre projects ...

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

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 ...

Doubling or even tripling the power of a chemical rocket would allow mankind to harvest other planets. If tripke you could achieve speeds od 100,000 moh or more making a Mars flight far less risky ...

“The Government’s announcement today puts nuclear powered rocket boosters behind our drive to build the next generation of nuclear power plants. “Planning bureaucracy and overly complex ...

LEADERS in West Cumbria have welcomed news from the Prime Minister that government will 'rip up rules to fire-up nuclear power' with the reform ...