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

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

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

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

The company plans to build a marine nuclear demo facility at its Future Technology Test Centre in Yongin, South Korea.

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

South Korea's HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering has unveiled a nuclear-powered container ship model utilising ...

The DARPA-NASA nuclear thermal propulsion project is extending its time frame for an on-orbit demonstration. Credit: Lockheed Martin A vision to accelerate U.S. access to cislunar space and the ...

A research team presents an AI assessor for Hall-effect ion thrusters, the engines of satellites and space probes.

NASA and other organizations have long looked at nuclear propulsion as a faster space travel alternative. Estimates suggest the method could fly a spacecraft to Mars in approximately a month ...

A Hall thruster is a high-efficiency propulsion device using plasma that is used for various difficult space missions, such ...