NASA and General Atomics tested the fuel by exposing it to temperatures up to 3,000 Kelvin (4,940 Fahrenheit or 2,727 Celsius ...

NASA is developing a groundbreaking spacecraft concept designed to revolutionize Mars travel. The ambitious plan involves ...

Nuclear propulsion could be the future of space travel and NASA and General Atomics just brought us one step closer.

NASA is working on a groundbreaking nuclear electric propulsion system that could dramatically speed up trips to Mars. The ...

NASA and its partners have successfully tested a nuclear thermal propulsion (NTP) fuel that could revolutionize deep-space ...

Electric propulsion is being increasingly used on space missions and could ultimately replace thrusters using chemical ...

On the last in Russia's Kirov-class cruiser named Admiral Nakhimov has launched two nuclear reactors. This is a sure sign ...

Researchers at NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, are working on a system that could help bring nuclear electric propulsion one significant, technology-defining step closer to ...

Now I am wondering if nuclear propulsion would have advanced much ... an innovative damage control management system for naval vessels that improves emergency response times and equipment ...

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 ...

Credit: Lockheed Martin A vision to accelerate U.S. access to cislunar space and the wider Solar System through a landmark demonstration of nuclear thermal propulsion technology must wait.

Shipping nuclear propulsion start-up CORE POWER, which in November of last year announced a deal with Westinghouse for design ...