Once in space, robots would connect the nuclear electric propulsion system's radiator panels, through which a liquid metal coolant, such as a sodium-potassium alloy, would flow. While this is ...

but isn't capable of providing enough power for a viable electric propulsion system. Enter another form of nuclear energy—the traditional kind. SpaceNukes has been working on its Kilopower ...

On Episode 152 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik host Dr. Robert O'Brien, Director of the Universities Space ...

As humanity’s ambitions to send humans to Mars grow, the challenge of getting there in a timely and safe manner becomes more ...

Nuclear energy’s potential can be viewed as two stories: nuclear for ships and nuclear for future fuels. Both offer a wealth ...

The Startup Pulsar Fusion is proposing a 2 Megawatt nuclear fusion orbital components for 2027. Pulsar has now proceeded to ...

The team explored the potential for using electric nuclear propulsion (NEP), using a nuclear power reactor to power electric ion thrusters - ionising a gas and accelerating the ions produced ...

Meanwhile, nuclear propulsion is literally the only way that a world power can project military might, as diesel-electric submarines ... details which we don’t know yet about the KUN-24AP ...

Recently NASA announced earlier this month that the 12 kW Advanced Electric Propulsion System (AEPS) — which is scheduled to form an integral part of the Lunar Gateway when it is launched ...

The U.S. Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program has awarded BWX Technologies contracts totaling about $2.1 billion, the Lynchburg-based nuclear components and fuel supplier manufacturer announced Wednesday.