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

Nuclear Thermal Propulsion (NTP) is the preferred propulsion technology for manned missions throughout the solar system. The state-of-the-art NTP cycle is based on solid core Nuclear Engine for Rocket ...

Ohio State University researchers have achieved a breakthrough with their centrifugal nuclear thermal rocket (CNTR) design. Recent tests show a specific impulse of 1,800 seconds, potentially reducing ...

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

Liquid uranium rockets could make the Red Planet a six-month commute.

WASHINGTON, DC, October 27, 2023 (ENS) – U.S. defense and space agencies are moving quickly toward the world’s first in-orbit demonstration of a nuclear thermal rocket, NTR. The U.S. Defense Advanced ...

NASA plans to send crewed missions to Mars over the next decade – but the 140 million-mile (225 million-kilometer) journey to the red planet could take several months to years round trip. This ...

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From back: Brandon Wilson, Bryan Conry, Pavel Shilenko and Emily Hutchins gather around the Ohio State University Research Reactor before performing irradiation testing of the coated surrogate ...

A nuclear thermal rocket engine in development could one day transport humans to Mars. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, a research arm of the US Department of Defense, and NASA are ...

NASA has hired Lockheed Martin to design, build, and test a nuclear-powered rocket for space travel. The technology could speed up a manned trip to Mars from the current seven-month minimum to as few ...