The military wanted to test the electromagnetic impacts of nuclear weapons in space. In 1962 they lit up the sky.

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

A laboratory prototype of a plasma electric rocket engine based on a magnetic plasma accelerator has been produced by Rosatom ...

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

Rumors of a Russian space nuke, along with other satellite-targeting weapons, have made geopolitical tensions extend into ...

the U.S. had launched a 1.4-megaton nuclear warhead, a weapon test and a display of power during a particularly tense period ...

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 ...

Rockets propelled by nuclear reactors could slash the time it takes us to get to Mars. The first humans to Mars might someday ride a rocket propelled ... by the positive test results proving ...

The 2027 launch date for the Demonstration Rocket for Agile Cislunar Operations ... while adhering to the protocols necessary to test a nuclear reactor, Matthew Sambora, one of two DRACO program ...