A nuclear salt-water rocket (NSWR) is a theoretical type of nuclear thermal rocket. A conservative design for ... one could envisage a group of interstellar emigrants selecting a small ice asteroid ...

NASA and DARPA announced in 2023 that they were working on a nuclear thermal rocket engine, with a planned launch demonstration as early as 2027. The big drive behind these new propulsion ...

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

KUSHIMOTO, Wakayama Prefecture--A site originally envisaged for a nuclear power plant is now on course to become the nation’s first private-sector launch pad for small rockets. The launch pad ...

and future potential of nuclear electric and nuclear thermal propulsion systems, which could revolutionize our ability to explore Mars and beyond — both robotically and with human crews.