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

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 ...

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

Jim Bickford is leading the Thin Film Isotope Nuclear Engine Rocket (TFINER) project to develop a system for propelling a craft through space faster and farther than ever before. This technology has ...

Feadship will explore emissions-free nuclear power as propulsion for superyachts in the mid-2030s. Others say it's highly ...

The use of nuclear technologies for space exploration is one way to achieve humanity’s expansion into the Solar System. Nuclear power plants will allow the creation of bases on the Moon, and then ...

NASA NIAC funded the Thin-Film Nuclear Engine Rocket (TFINER). By May 2025, it advanced to Phase II, focusing on maturing the technology, mission designs, small-scale thruster experiments, and isotope ...

The dangers of using atomic energy to operate military aircraft. Robert Bernier Anything seemed possible during the Atomic Age: (clockwise, from top left) the Gilbert U-238 Atomic Energy Lab, cutaway ...

North Korean media report a successful test of a solid-fuel missile engine using composite carbon fiber material.

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Shown here is a one-eighth scale ...