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

NASA and General Atomics tested the fuel by exposing it to temperatures up to 3,000 Kelvin (4,940 Fahrenheit or 2,727 Celsius ...

This study presents a system-level design and coupled electromagnetic-thermal analysis of a 500 kW Interior Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor (IPMSM) for RBP-FES applications. The design process ...

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

Spacecraft powered by electric propulsion could soon be better protected against their own exhaust, thanks to new supercomputer simulations.

Instead of pursuing a three-aircraft carrier fleet, which would have kept two ships operational at all times, the Navy is ...

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 ...

Traditional chemical propulsion is limited too much by its ... time to Mars to a much more tolerable 45 days. General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) is developing fuel for an NTP system ...

General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS ... the fuel can withstand the harsh conditions of a nuclear thermal propulsion reactor. In other words, it has the capability to one day power ...