Getting to Mars takes a really long time, about nine months using today's rocket technology. This is because regular rocket ...

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

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

A new paper analyzes the benefits of this engine—which is almost twice as efficient as regular NTR engines—and the many ...

NASA's initiatives to pioneer next-generation space technologies are also hit hard in the White House's budget proposal. If ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

The key technology being pursued by the Institute is Nuclear Electric Propulsion (NEP), which couples a nuclear reactor power system with electric propulsion technology. An NEP spacecraft can ...