A laboratory prototype of a plasma electric rocket engine based on a magnetic plasma accelerator has been produced by Rosatom scientists, who say it could slash travel time to Mars to one or two ...

Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater (aka the Metal Gear Solid 3 remake) is officially only a few months away from releasing.

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

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

General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) has successfully tested the nuclear fuel that may one ... through innovations peripheral to the rocket engine itself. There are alternatives ...

The company plans to build a marine nuclear demo facility at its Future Technology Test Centre in Yongin, South Korea.

Rockets propelled by nuclear reactors could slash the time ... operate two-to-three times more efficiently than current rocket engines. Breaking space news, the latest updates on rocket launches ...

After an apparent drone strike blew a hole in the protective shell, there is an urgent need to patch what covers the wreckage ...

That's 4,220 degree Fahrenheit (2,326°C), roughly equivalent to the heat a nuclear rocket engine would reach during a boost maneuver. The tests, carried out at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight ...

According to NASA's estimates, spacecraft using existing chemical rocket engines will take a minimum of six to seven months to reach Mars. Going faster would require a new propulsion method. The best ...

HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (KSOE), a major South Korean shipbuilder, introduced a nuclear-powered ...

Scientists in the Nuclear Engine for Rocket Vehicle Applications program conducted six ground tests of radioactive reactors in open air between 1964 and 1969, “which we could never get approved ...