If it proves successful, CNTR could allow future vehicles to travel farther using less fuel. Traditional chemical engines produce about 450 seconds of thrust from a given amount of propellant, a ...

The Ohio State University is developing a new nuclear thermal propulsion system called the centrifugal nuclear thermal rocket ...

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

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 ...

How can nuclear propulsion help improve deep space missions by significantly reducing the amount of time to reach Mars and beyond? This is what a recent st | Space ...

For decades, space agencies have been seeking effective ways to shorten the long and perilous journey to Mars. The new nuclear propulsion concept, CNTR, developed by researchers at Ohio State ...

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 ...

Ohio State University engineers are developing a centrifugal nuclear thermal rocket, promising to double engine efficiency ...

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 ...

Nuclear rocket could slash mission times to Mars - Centrifugal nuclear thermal rocket can travel faster with less fuel ...

Humanity has lived in the space age for decades, but virtually every probe, rocket, and satellite shaping this era has relied on chemical propulsion. As scientists and engineers eye more distant ...