Pulsar Fusion's ambitious goal is to construct the largest and most practical nuclear fusion rocket engine to date. Their 8-meter fusion chamber, set to ignite in 2027, aims to generate ...

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

General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) has successfully tested the nuclear fuel ... through chemical rockets. To be fair, that's nothing to sneer at. Chemical engines put the first ...

That's 4,220 degree Fahrenheit (2,326°C), roughly equivalent to the heat a nuclear rocket engine would reach during a boost maneuver. The tests, carried out at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight ...

Scientists in the Nuclear Engine for Rocket Vehicle Applications program conducted six ground tests of radioactive reactors in open air between 1964 and 1969, “which we could never get approved ...

The environmental costs of nuclear fusion should also not be underestimated. While it is significantly cleaner than fossil fuels, nuclear fusion is not a panacea for pollution. Some erroneously ...