Angry Astronaut and Nextbigfuture commenter are making the case that SpaceX and Elon Musk must switch to nuclear thermal rockets to colonize Mars. I will ...
NASA is working on a groundbreaking nuclear electric propulsion system that could dramatically speed up trips to Mars. The ...
NASA has achieved a critical milestone in space exploration with the successful testing of advanced nuclear thermal ...
General Atomic's new nuclear fuel was subjected to the maximum heat of a reactor for 20 minutes in the latest tests.
An alternative technology to the chemically propelled rockets the agency develops now is called nuclear thermal propulsion, which uses nuclear fission and could one day power a rocket that makes ...
Nuclear propulsion could be the future of space travel and NASA and General Atomics just brought us one step closer.
General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) has successfully tested the nuclear fuel that may one day propel and power the spacecraft of the future. The trials verify that the fuel can survive ...
A DRACO ground test would need to capture plume exhaust fully to ensure no radioactive materials are released to the ...
General Atomics has completed several key tests for nuclear thermal propulsion (NTP) reactor technology at NASA’s MSFC.
American company General Atomics announced it completed a series of test on a nuclear fuel designed for the Nuclear Thermal ...
As the heated propellant expands, it’s ultimately exhausted out of a nozzle in much the same way as in a traditional rocket. It’s also similar to the concept of nuclear thermal propulsion ...
NASA said nuclear thermal rockets can be three or more times more efficient than conventional chemical propulsion and would reduce transit time, essential for an eventual mission to Mars.