While this latest test doesn’t make nuclear-powered rocket engines viable just yet, it’s an important step on the journey.

The fuel was subjected to full reactor heat and hydrogen gas and kept there for 20 minutes – about what a nuclear engine would have to endure during a boost maneuver. Other tests looked at how ...

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 ...

The engine would consist of a 1-m-long (3.2-ft.), ultra-high-temperature, high-assay low-enriched uranium-fueled, flow-through nuclear reactor. The fission reaction is harnessed to generate heat ...

A South Korean shipbuilder is pushing forward with plans for a large nuclear-powered containership, aiming to leverage ...

The company plans to build a marine nuclear demo facility at its Future Technology Test Centre in Yongin, South Korea.

Rockets propelled by nuclear reactors could slash the time ... operate two-to-three times more efficiently than current rocket engines. Breaking space news, the latest updates on rocket launches ...

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 mass produced by the ...

Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., and Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., are both calling for the destruction of Iran's nuclear program. "I don't think diplomacy works," Graham declared during an interview on ...

Monster trucks are truly beastly machines. With their wild paint jobs, massive tires, and unmistakable roar, it's impossible not to keep your eyes glued to them as they jump, flip (either on ...

Drones have the potential to enhance nuclear deterrence, but they also introduce significant risks in terms of escalation control and first-strike stability. Drones and other autonomous vehicle ...