In the frozen outskirts of the solar system, a reddish dwarf planet orbits in silence. Known as Sedna, it is so distant that ...

In a groundbreaking study recently published on the arXiv preprint server, researchers have proposed two innovative ...

Scientists and engineers are diligently working on innovative concepts to make the next era of human spaceflight more powerful and more efficient using nuclear propulsion. One of these designs, known ...

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 ...

The fundraise will support the first full-scale demonstration of Supernova, including critical design review this quarter, propulsion testing, system integration, and a launch scheduled for mid-2026. ...

Portal Space Systems has raised $17.5 million to accelerate the development of a space vehicle with a solar thermal propulsion system.

There is an online site for determining solar system travel times with advanced propulsion. The most probable torchship designs proposed are nuclear pulse propulsion (e.g., Project Orion) and nuclear ...

(NewsNation) — NASA has successfully tested a new type of reactor fuel at its Marshall Space Flight Center that could help take humans to Mars soon. Nuclear thermal propulsion (NTP) reactor technology ...

As such, scientists are looking into other methods of propulsion, from pulsed plasma thrusters to solar sails. One promising option is Nuclear Thermal Propulsion (NTP).

The European Space Agency (ESA) has received designs for a Nuclear-Electric Propulsion (NEP) spacecraft, serving as a roadmap for the planned launch of its first mission in 2035. Called RocketRoll ...

Three reactor design concept proposals for a nuclear thermal propulsion system for deep space missions have been selected by the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the Department of ...