How can fission-powered propulsion help advance deep space exploration, specifically to the outer planets like Jupiter, ...

A new study explores the potential of nuclear fission-powered propulsion for advanced deep space exploration. Specifically, ...

Nuclear thermal propulsion (NTP) has stood as a promising potential alternative propulsion technology for decades. Chemical ...

NASA's initiatives to pioneer next-generation space technologies are also hit hard in the White House's budget proposal. If the Trump administration gets its way, NASA's Space Technology Mission ...

Proposed NASA Budget Zeros Out Nuclear Thermal Propulsion Tech is published in Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, an Aviation ...

Mars has received considerable attention in the past few decades, thanks to the many robotic missions exploring it to learn more about its past. NASA and China plan to send astronauts/taikonauts there ...

Two United States based firms have entered into a partnership to advance high-power nuclear electric propulsion technology for faster space travel. Ad Astra Rocket Company (Ad Astra) and The Space ...

Artist concept highlighting the novel approach proposed by the 2025 NIAC awarded selection of the TFINER concept.NASA/James ...

An alternative technology to the chemically propelled rockets the agency develops now is called nuclear thermal propulsion, which uses nuclear fission and could one day power a rocket that makes the ...

The head of the UN’s nuclear watchdog met with the Union of Greek Shipowners (UGS) on Thursday to drum up support for atomic ...

Interest in nuclear propulsion goes beyond military vessels ... Not only could the technology drastically reduce the industry's carbon dioxide emissions, but it could also radically reduce ...

The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Rafael Mariano Grossi, has met with Greek shipowners and government ...