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

While this latest test doesn’t make nuclear-powered rocket engines viable just yet, it’s an important step on the journey.

NASA and General Atomics tested the fuel by exposing it to temperatures up to 3,000 Kelvin (4,940 Fahrenheit or 2,727 Celsius ...

While the 1950s was a time of truly unusual and fast-paced innovation in military aerospace, one of the more bizarre projects ...

Norway’s NuProShip (Nuclear Propulsion in Shipping) has embarked on its second stage after completing initial studies into Generation IV reactors. The project, which was launched in 2023, aims to ...

NEWBURYPORT — A passion for history along with a talent for writing have gotten a Newburyport High School sophomore a permanent place aboard the soon-to-be commissioned nuclear powered attack ...

Iran sends conciliatory signals to leaders in Davos Iranian official Zarif tells critics 'let's talk' UN nuclear watchdog says Iran pushing hard on enrichment IAEA chief Grossi says dialogue ...

But if we are to expand humankind's firsthand reach into the solar system beyond the Moon, we need new, better, and more effective means of propulsion. Like, say, nuclear. Solar energy propulsion ...

The best, in fact, the only, candidate for this is the Nuclear Thermal Propulsion (NTP) system or nuclear rocket. First conceived of in 1945, this is a rocket that replaces burning chemical fuel ...

A new type of nuclear thermal propulsion reactor fuel has been successfully tested at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center, with hopes that the fuel could take humans to Mars in the not-too ...