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

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, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and Lockheed Martin (prime contractor) are design, build, and testing of NASA and DARPA’s nuclear-powered rocket demonstration, in collaboration ...

Rosatom scientists have developed a laboratory prototype for a plasma electro-reactive rocket engine based on a magnetic ...

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 Travel Correspondent A ...

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 ...

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 ...

greater than what was previously achieved with the Qased rocket. However, according to sources familiar with activity at the Shahroud Space Center "SPND's experts are working on a nuclear warhead ...

“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 ...