Early image of a nuclear rocket engine based on designs from atomic propulsion programs. | Image: Nuclear Newswire Projects Rover and NERVA Focused on Nuclear Propulsion Designs There was even some ...

NASA was working on similar nuclear thermal propulsion rockets (NTR), and in 2023 the two agencies paired up to push the project forward.

With the rapid development of space exploration, the research of high-power, safe, and reliable space nuclear reactor power supply will become increasingly important. In this paper, the ...

Nuclear thermal propulsion could revolutionize space travel, making missions to Mars and the moon faster and more practical.

Deals like the latest one above prove that for nuclear power to be a truly viable solution to soaring energy demands, it needs a partner. Pairing it with proven thermal storage infrastructure-such ...

One of these designs, known as a Centrifugal Nuclear Thermal Rocket (CNTR), uses a centrifuge to turn uranium fuel into a molten liquid that heats hydrogen and produces thrust.

NASA’s proposed fiscal 2026 budget would cancel technology development related to nuclear thermal and nuclear electric propulsion.

And with the number of nuclear power supporters seeming to grow every day, an accessible and litigation-less nuclear power market could result in faster and more efficient growth in the nuclear ...

How can fission-powered propulsion help advance deep space exploration, specifically to the outer planets like Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune? This is what a recent study presented at the ...

Nuclear thermal propulsion (NTP) has long been considered a potential successor to chemical rockets, which are now primarily seeing efforts to reduce cost rather than improve efficiency.

Portal Space Systems promises the rapid maneuverability of nuclear propulsion, but using thermal energy collected from the Sun.