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

The same happens with chemical propellants, which are effective ... more specifically into something called Nuclear Thermal Propulsion (NTP). The concept requires a uranium nuclear core where ...

A new type of nuclear thermal propulsion reactor fuel has been successfully tested at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center, with hopes that the fuel could take humans to Mars in the not-too ...

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

The tests showed the fuel can withstand the harsh conditions of a nuclear thermal propulsion reactor. In other words, it has the capability to one day power a nuclear rocket that could fire humans ...

which employs a nuclear reactor to generate electricity that ionizes, or positively charges, and electrically accelerates gaseous propellants to provide thrust to a spacecraft. Researchers at NASA ...

The propulsion systems used in launch vehicles typically employ chemical propellants ... such as ion engines and nuclear thermal rockets, are also being explored for future space exploration ...

NANO Nuclear Energy (NNE) announced that it has contracted with Thermal Engineering International, a Babcock Power company, to advance the design and fabrication of several heat exchangers for use ...

NANO Nuclear Energy Inc. has announced a partnership with Thermal Engineering International (TEi), a division of Babcock Power Inc., to design and fabricate heat exchangers for its portable ODIN ...

The tests showed the fuel can withstand the harsh conditions of a nuclear thermal propulsion reactor. In other words, it has the capability to one day power a nuclear rocket that could fire humans ...