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

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

I will review that the nuclear thermal rocket program is taking and will take far longer. Also, triple the ISP does not cut the travel time by one third. There is no discussion by supporters of ...

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 ...

General Atomics and NASA achieved an important milestone on the road to using nuclear-powered rockets by testing a new fuel ...

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

Scientists have thought about attaching nuclear, thermal-rocket engines to ammonia-heavy asteroids and redirecting the asteroids so that they crash into Mars and release the meteor's ammonia and ...

Explore the Hibiscus satellite, a cutting-edge thermal imaging satellite designed for affordable, high-resolution hear ...

The first humans to Mars might someday ride a rocket propelled by a nuclear reactor to their destination. But before that can happen, nuclear thermal propulsion (NTP) technologies still have quite ...