The company has successfully trialed a nuclear fuel that could one day drastically cut down the travel time to Mars and ...

Nuclear propulsion could be the future of space travel and NASA and General Atomics just brought us one step closer.

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 ...

Angry Astronaut and Nextbigfuture commenter are making the case that SpaceX and Elon Musk must switch to nuclear thermal rockets to colonize Mars. I will ...

General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) has successfully tested the nuclear fuel that may one day propel and power the spacecraft of the future. The trials verify that the fuel can survive ...

Electric propulsion is being increasingly used on space missions and could ultimately replace thrusters using chemical ...

NASA is working on a nuclear electric propulsion system that would involve robotically assembling a space radiator the size ...

A DRACO ground test would need to capture plume exhaust fully to ensure no radioactive materials are released to the ...

The trip to Mars and back is not one for the faint of heart. We're not talking days, weeks, or months. But there are ...

A new type of nuclear thermal propulsion reactor fuel has been successfully tested at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center, ...

General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) just hit a massive milestone that could alter the future of space exploration. The company has successfully trialed a nuclear fuel that could one ...