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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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The best candidate is the Nuclear Thermal Propulsion (NTP ... The tests, carried out at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center at Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, were deemed a success.

Advanced propulsion technologies, such as ion engines and nuclear thermal rockets, are also being explored for future space exploration missions.

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.

As it turns out though, lasers could hold the key to cutting down travel times in space! 45 Days To Mars ... s also similar to the concept of nuclear thermal propulsion, but instead of using ...

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

NASA and General Atomics successfully tested nuclear fuel for faster, more efficient space travel, pushing Mars missions forward.