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

Scientists at Rosatom have unveiled a plasma electric rocket engine that is claimed to be capable of propelling spacecraft to ...

While an antimatter engine is very far off, researching it could yield other discoveries as well.

In this three week storyline unit, students investigate a maglev train and the electromagnetic forces that cause a maglev train to levitate and provide the source of propulsion for the train. The ...

General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS ... The best, in fact, the only, candidate for this is the Nuclear Thermal Propulsion (NTP) system or nuclear rocket. First conceived of in 1945 ...

Sustained hypersonic propulsion is a complex problem due to the high temperatures ... to achieve adequate conductivity for significant MHD interaction. In PFE, the electromagnetic fields can be ...