British startup Pulsar Fusion has unveiled Sunbird, a space rocket concept designed to meet spacecraft in orbit, attach to ...

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.

NASA and DARPA are developing a demonstration nuclear-powered rocket that could shorten travel time to Mars and make space ...

On Episode 152 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik host Dr. Robert O'Brien, Director of the Universities Space ...

A team from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, joined by university students, recently traveled to The ...

A British startup called Pulsar Fusion has come up with a wild new concept for a nuclear fusion-powered space rocket that, it claims, could significantly cut down the time it takes to travel to ...

One alternative once the rocket's in space is harnessing electric propulsion, which Dinan says is “very good, but not quick” and needs a long time to accelerate. Another option is Nuclear ...

A U.K. company is aiming to slash space travel times by creating a rocket that harnesses nuclear fusion to achieve unprecedented speeds. Pulsar Fusion, a space propulsion firm based in Bletchley ...

Nuclear rockets are the future of space propulsion, and while fission propulsion is rapidly developing, most believe fusion propulsion is still a ways off. However, a new U.K.-based company is ...

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 ...