Artist impression of a nuclear fission powered rocket. Credit ... While they do have the power to get spacecraft to Mars and beyond, they require a lot of fuel to do so, which means they can ...

Rosatom scientists have developed a laboratory prototype for a plasma electro-reactive rocket engine based on a magnetic ...

A shelter above the sarcophagus covering the exploded reactor at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, Ukraine, Saturday, Apr. 16, 2022.

Artist impression of a nuclear fission powered rocket. (Credit: General Atomics) ...

In other words, it has the capability to one day power a nuclear rocket that could fire humans into deep space at unprecedented speeds. NASA and other organizations have long looked at nuclear ...

First conceived of in 1945, this is a rocket that replaces burning chemical fuel with a nuclear reactor that is used to heat up a propellant. This propellant is most likely hydrogen, though ...

A laboratory prototype of a plasma electric rocket engine based on a magnetic plasma accelerator has been produced by Rosatom scientists, who say it could slash travel time to Mars to one or two ...

CHEYENNE — The Wyoming Industrial Siting Council has granted a construction permit to TerraPower for its Natrium nuclear power plant near Kemmerer — a milestone achievement both in Wyoming and ...

A nuclear thermal rocket could potentially achieve double or triple the Delta-V of a SpaceX Starship ... The methane fuel can be made from abundant natural gas or can be made in large quantities using ...