Scientists and engineers are diligently working on innovative concepts to make the next era of human spaceflight more powerful and more efficient using nuclear propulsion. One of these designs, known ...

This week an in-space propulsion company, Impulse Space, announced that it had raised a significant amount of money, $300 million. This follows a fundraising round just last year in which the Southern ...

Significant uranium loss could reduce the engine’s specific impulse by up to two-thirds. The researchers propose using dielectrophoresis (DEP) to capture vaporized uranium, targeting a 99% ...

Thomas Mueller is an aerospace engineer known for his groundbreaking work in rocket engine design. Mueller was a founding employee of SpaceX and is currently the founder and CEO of Impulse Space.

With this system, the researchers estimate they could achieve a specific impulse of around 1500 seconds, almost double what a traditional NTP engine would have, while only having slightly less thrust.

The engine demonstrates enhanced thrust performance (at least 6 Newtons) and specific impulse (at least 100 kilometres per second). The project is part of a comprehensive programme focused on ...

In the 1950s, the U.S. began focusing on nuclear propulsion as an effective way to power space exploration with projects ...

For example, a chemical rocket can generate a million pounds of force, but its specific impulse, measured in how many seconds it takes to consume a unit of fuel, is only 500 seconds. That means a ...

This engine is the vacuum-optimized engine that is used in the rocket's second stage. The Rutherford engine uses RP-1 (a type of refined, rocket-grade kerosene) and liquid oxygen (LOX) as the ...

Tech expert Kurt “CyberGuy" Knutsson says 329,000 mph fusion rocket promises to ... This engine powers their Sunbird ... The Sunbird boasts a high specific impulse and an integrated 2 MW ...

Impulse Space has raised a massive new tranche of funding as big-name investors bet that ... where he led the development of the Merlin rocket engine that powers the Falcon 9 rocket and the Draco ...

Specific impulse is how quickly a rocket engine generates thrust, and thrust is the force that moves the spacecraft along. The PPR generates 10,000 newtons of thrust at a specific impulse of 5,000 ...