Moon Fuel: A New Way to Generate Oxygen and Fuel in Space Space missions require efficient ways to produce oxygen and fuel.

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

A new test of nuclear propellant fuel under space-like conditions has been hailed as a success by NASA and General Atomics ...

China's Shenzhou-19 crew aboard the Tiangong space station have created oxygen and ingredients for rocket fuel for the first time with the help of "artificial photosynthesis" technology.

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

Astronauts on board China's Tiangong space station have created rocket fuel and oxygen from water and carbon dioxide, similar to how plant's photosynthesize. | Credit: China Manned Space Agency ...

Guided missiles also appeared in the mid-twentieth century with air-breathing propulsion systems ... to a gigantic F-1 motor from the Saturn V Moon rocket. National Air and Space Museum Rocket, Liquid ...

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 ...

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