The goal of enabling extended deep-space exploration is driving NASA, space agencies, and private players to explore nuclear ...

If we achieve advanced nuclear, antimatter propulsion or other advance propulsion it would be possible to achieve near ...

Nuclear propulsion would expel propellant from the engine's nozzle very quickly, generating high thrust. This high thrust allows the rocket to accelerate faster. These systems also have a high ...

AI gives a thumbs up to Brett Bellmore innovative modifications to Robert Zubrin’s Nuclear Salt Water Rocket (NSWR).

The Sunbird concept is for the fusion-powered ‘tugs’ to be permanently based in space, able to dock with spacecraft and ...

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

The Sunbird Migratory Transfer Vehicle is designed to cut mission times to Mars by half while offering a reusable, ...

These vehicles rely on propulsion systems that generate immense thrust to overcome Earth's gravitational ... such as ion engines and nuclear thermal rockets, are also being explored for future ...

Thus, the plasma receives directional motion and creates thrust,” Biriulin added ... The team explored the potential for using electric nuclear propulsion (NEP), using a nuclear power reactor ...

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.

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.

The Sunbird nuclear fusion rocket concept has the potential to more than halve the time to travel to Mars and cut travel time ...