A prototype electric plasma rocket engine capable of significantly increasing thrust and efficiency has been unveiled by ...

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

Iran is secretly developing nuclear missiles that can reach Europe based on North Korean designs, according to a new report. The National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) has accused Tehran of ...

Revolutionary Guard aerospace experts working on warheads with 3,000km range at two sites disguised as satellite launch bases, say exiles ...

Angry Astronaut and NASA missed the problem of no facilities to test even the DRACO demonstration rocket. Angry Astronaut describes a hypothetical nuclear thermal rocket assembled in orbit. He assumes ...

Rockets propelled by nuclear reactors could slash the time ... to use the compact fuel element environmental test (CFEET) facility at NASA MSFC to successfully test and demonstrate the ...

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By Nicholas Slayton Posted on Feb 10, 2025 During the height of the Cold War, the U.S. military and atomic scientists decided to fire some nuclear rockets into space. The goal wasn’t to see how ...

While this latest test doesn’t make nuclear-powered rocket engines viable just yet ... compact fuel element environmental test (CFEET) facility at NASA MSFC, as per Space.com.