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

A laboratory prototype of a plasma electric rocket engine based on a magnetic plasma accelerator has been produced by Rosatom ...

While the 1950s was a time of truly unusual and fast-paced innovation in military aerospace, one of the more bizarre projects ...

US-based Bechtel Plant Machinery Inc (BPMI), has been awarded a $175.6m contract modification from the US Navy for the production of naval nuclear propulsion components. The US Department of Defense ...

Iran sends conciliatory signals to leaders in Davos Iranian official Zarif tells critics 'let's talk' UN nuclear watchdog says Iran pushing hard on enrichment IAEA chief Grossi says dialogue ...

SEOUL, South Korea — Denuclearization of North Korea is a prerequisite for global stability, South Korea said Tuesday after President Donald Trump described the reclusive regime as a “nuclear ...

The tests showed the fuel can withstand the harsh conditions of a nuclear thermal propulsion reactor. In other words, it has the capability to one day power a nuclear rocket that could fire humans ...

The best, in fact, the only, 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 chemical fuel ...

A new type of nuclear thermal propulsion reactor fuel has been successfully tested at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center, with hopes that the fuel could take humans to Mars in the not-too ...

General Atomics completes key nuclear thermal propulsion tests at NASA MSFC. (Credit: General Atomics) General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) has completed several key tests for nuclear ...

During the height of the Aircraft Nuclear Propulsion project in the 1950s, researchers decided they needed to test ... the lab operated a fast-burst reactor that could produce pulses of radiation for ...