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

specifically can you 3D print the rocket grain itself? By using the resin as a fuel and mixing in a potent oxidiser (ammonium perchlorate specifically – thanks for the tip NASA!) he has some ...

Eco-friendly alternatives to fossil fuels are venturing beyond Earth—and into space.

The trials verify that the fuel can survive the harsh environment of a nuclear rocket reactor. Up until now, the main way of propelling spacecraft has been through chemical rockets. To be fair ...

The video itself is a reaction to some college students in Utah who caused an evacuation when the rocket fuel they were cooking up exploded. [Scott] himself theorizes that the fuel they were ...

The Poynting vector calculations help predict how the ... prototypes that can lift massive payloads without conventional rocket fuel. Space travel needs a major upgrade, and gravitic systems ...

Breathing New Air Chinese astronauts claim to have created rocket fuel on board the country's Tiangong space station using a ...