A new test of nuclear propellant fuel under space-like conditions has been hailed as a success by NASA and General Atomics ...

General Atomics and NASA achieved an important milestone on the road to using nuclear-powered rockets by testing a new fuel ...

This means 2028-2033. Rocket programs that depend upon completely new technology and that technology has to be scaled in size (millions of newtons of thrust or clusters of 250,000 newton engines) and ...

Chemical engines put the first satellite ... candidate for this is the Nuclear Thermal Propulsion (NTP) system or nuclear rocket. First conceived of in 1945, this is a rocket that replaces burning ...

Engineers developed an engine prototype which could reach unprecedented speeds, cutting down interplanetary travel time.

Any nuclear thermal propulsion fuel aboard a spacecraft ... operate two-to-three times more efficiently than current rocket engines. Breaking space news, the latest updates on rocket launches ...

NASA and General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) have successfully tested a new nuclear thermal propulsion (NTP) ...

NASA and DARPA announced in 2023 that they were working on a nuclear thermal rocket engine, with a planned launch demonstration as early as 2027. The big drive behind these new propulsion ...

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

The thermal energy generated by nuclear fission in that reactor would ... three times more efficient than conventional chemical rocket engines,” she continued. “We are excited to continue ...