The European Space Agency (ESA) is funding several studies that will explore the use of nuclear propulsion for deep space exploration. Propulsion in space currently is conducted using a storage ...

Scientists and engineers are diligently working on innovative concepts to make the next era of human spaceflight more powerful and more efficient using nuclear propulsion. One of these designs, known ...

Christopher Nolan’s blockbuster thriller Oppenheimer has rekindled public interest in everything nuclear, including nuclear thermal propulsion in space, a promising yet unproven technology that could ...

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. (Aug. 5, 2013) -- A team of Army researchers developed a new gel-propellant engine called the vortex engine. Michael Nusca, Ph.D., Robert Michaels and Nathan Mathis were ...

While traditional rockets have gotten us into space for decades, newer tech is on the horizon, like this plasma engine that ...

A team of dedicated scientists is currently exploring the potential of nuclear-powered rockets as a means to transport astronauts to Mars. This innovative approach could revolutionize space travel and ...

Space missions in the future could travel to Mars, asteroids and the outer solar system by riding on nuclear-powered rockets, ...

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 day ...

If it proves successful, CNTR could allow future vehicles to travel farther using less fuel. Traditional chemical engines ...

The Gruyere Space Program was organized by college students but is not affiliated with any university. Credit: Gruyere Space Program Sixty-seven years after the Soviets launched Sputnik into space, ...

DALLAS, Sept. 22, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Firehawk Aerospace ("Firehawk"), a defense technology leader specializing in advanced energetics and propulsion, today announced it has been awarded a $4 million ...

A 19-year-old Egyptian university student called Aisha Mustafa has invented a propulsion device intended to offer spacecrafts a new method and cheaper means of energy consumption. The propulsion ...