It was suggested that a class of Nuclear Thermal and Nuclear Electric Propulsion (NTP/NEP) systems proposed as part of the 2023 NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) program could cut down the ...

Two United States based firms have entered into a partnership to advance high-power nuclear electric propulsion technology for faster space travel. Ad Astra Rocket Company (Ad Astra) and The Space ...

Could nuclear propulsion be the breakthrough that takes humans to Mars more efficiently? This deep dive explores the ...

The best, in fact, the only, candidate for this is the Nuclear Thermal Propulsion (NTP ... This is because the propellant doesn't provide any power. It's just reaction mass to be expelled to ...

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

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But if we are to expand humankind's firsthand reach into the solar system beyond the Moon, we need new, better, and more effective means of propulsion. Like, say, nuclear. Solar energy propulsion ...

A research team from KAIST Nuclear and Quantum Engineering presents an AI assesser for Hall-effect ion thrusters, the engines ...

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The DARPA-NASA nuclear thermal propulsion project is extending its time frame for an on-orbit demonstration. Credit: Lockheed Martin A vision to accelerate U.S. access to cislunar space and the ...

A research team presents an AI assessor for Hall-effect ion thrusters, the engines of satellites and space probes.