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

Engineers developed an engine prototype which could reach unprecedented speeds, cutting down interplanetary travel time.

A new test of nuclear propellant fuel under space-like conditions has been hailed as a success by NASA and General Atomics ...

a rocket would use a nuclear reactor to heat propellant – most likely hydrogen. The thermal energy generated by nuclear fission in that reactor would be harnessed for propulsion. Recently ...

The best, in fact, the only, candidate for this is the Nuclear Thermal Propulsion (NTP) system or nuclear rocket. First conceived ... we are the first company to use the compact fuel element ...

Angry Astronaut and Nextbigfuture commenter are making the case that SpaceX and Elon Musk must switch to nuclear thermal rockets to colonize Mars ... Nuclear has better ISP and thrust specs so we ...

A new type of nuclear thermal propulsion reactor fuel has been successfully ... “To the best of our knowledge, we are the first company to use the compact fuel element environmental test ...

more specifically into something called Nuclear Thermal Propulsion (NTP). The concept requires a uranium nuclear core where atoms are split to release heat, and a fuel like liquid hydrogen ...

The DARPA-NASA nuclear thermal propulsion ... demonstration of nuclear thermal propulsion technology must wait. The 2027 launch date for the Demonstration Rocket for Agile Cislunar Operations ...

Any nuclear thermal propulsion fuel aboard a spacecraft ... NTP rockets is that they could be much faster than the rockets we use today, which are propelled by traditional chemical fuel.

As the heated propellant expands, it’s ultimately exhausted out of a nozzle in much the same way as in a traditional rocket. It’s also similar to the concept of nuclear thermal propulsion ...