NASA and its partners have successfully tested a nuclear thermal propulsion (NTP) fuel that could revolutionize deep-space ...

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

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

NASA is testing futuristic, extreme fuel that will transport humans to Mars. They are testing nuclear fuel for future moon ...

If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. General Atomics and NASA have successfully tested a new type of nuclear thermal ...

Angry Astronaut and Nextbigfuture commenter are making the case that SpaceX and Elon Musk must switch to nuclear thermal rockets to colonize Mars ... a subset of which will take place at Marshall ...

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

COLORADO SPRINGS and LOS ANGELES—Long-term U.S. goals to develop technology for in-space nuclear propulsion have taken ... tests at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama.

This latest batch of tests was conducted at the compact fuel element environmental test (CFEET) facility at NASA MSFC, as per Space.com. It cycled the nuclear thermal propulsion (NTP) fuel up to ...

A research team presents an AI assessor for Hall-effect ion thrusters, the engines of satellites and space probes.