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

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 ...

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

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

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

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory described the complicated maneuver that will get the Trailblazer in a position to reach ...

NASA and DARPA announced in 2023 that they were working on a nuclear thermal rocket engine, with a planned launch demonstration as early as 2027. The big drive behind these new propulsion ...

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 ...

February 13 2025, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) announced its secretive Aerospace Projects Office ...

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 ...

What happened to China's reusable rocket testbed? A Chinese state-owned company performed a rocket flight on January 18 (US ...

Rocket Lab will launch a dedicated Electron ... OroraTech is developing a constellation of satellites with thermal infrared cameras that can provide 24/7 monitoring of wildfires globally ...