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

"Chemical rockets that we use today, even with the extra speed boost from flying by planets, or from swinging by the sun for a boost, just don't have the ability to scale to useful interstellar speeds ...

Engineers developed an engine prototype which could reach unprecedented speeds, cutting down interplanetary travel time.

Russian scientists claim to have developed a plasma electric rocket engine that could enable travel to Mars in just one to ...

Electric propulsion is being increasingly used on space missions and could ultimately replace thrusters using chemical rockets. Spacecraft powered by electric propulsion could soon be better ...

A prototype electric plasma rocket engine capable of significantly increasing thrust and efficiency has been unveiled by ...

NASA is testing futuristic, extreme fuel that will transport humans to Mars. They are testing nuclear fuel for future moon ...

Today, rockets heavily rely on chemical propulsion. Deep space probes like Voyager 1 and 2, meanwhile, have used ion propulsion to reach further than any human-made spacecraft. While chemical ...

Russia's State Atomic Energy Corporation, Rosatom, recently developed a new spacecraft engine with impressive specifications.

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 ...

It cycled the nuclear thermal propulsion (NTP ... the relative inefficiencies of traditional chemical rockets come into sharp focus. While they do have the power to get spacecraft to Mars and ...