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