They called this the Nuclear Engine for Rocket Vehicle Applications (NERVA) project. Over the next several years, they successfully tested engine designs, cooling components, and pumps. Eventually, ...

Indeed, NASA’s Nuclear Engine for Rocket Vehicle Application program continued until 1973, when it fell prey to post-Apollo program budget cuts. But NASA’s space nuclear propulsion office continues to ...

Theoretically, Sunbird's tremendous speeds could cut mission times to Mars in half, from seven to eight months to about four.

A team from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, joined by university students, recently traveled to The Ohio State University Research Reactor to conduct a novel experiment on ...

A nuclear fusion rocket could be the key to unlocking speedy flights in space exploration, and one company hopes to test it as early as 2027.

British startup Pulsar Fusion has unveiled its nuclear fusion-powered rocket, the Sunbird, CNN reported. The rocket is designed to meet spacecraft in orbit, affix itself to them, and use nuclear ...

If the rocket ever becomes operational, it could one day cut the journey time of a potential mission to Mars in half. Nuclear fusion is different from nuclear fission, which is what powers current ...