Nuclear thermal propulsion, or NTP, is a potentially game-changing technology for NASA's crewed missions to Mars in the 2040 timeframe. NTP engines use a nuclear reactor to heat hydrogen to ultra ...

British startup Pulsar Fusion has unveiled its nuclear fusion-powered rocket ... to get to Pluto to only four years and cut the trip to Mars in half. However, there hasn't been a successful ...

If the rocket ever becomes operational, it could one day cut the journey time of a potential mission to Mars in half. Nuclear fusion is different from nuclear fission, which is what powers current ...

the Sunbird could reduce travel to Pluto to four years and halve the journey to Mars. Pulsar Fusion targets achieving fusion in space by 2027, facing significant engineering challenges. Nuclear ...

The use of nuclear fusion to halve the time spacecraft take to reach Mars is "inevitable", the boss of a British firm leading the charge in the technology says. Pulsar Fusion has unveiled its ...

"You turn off your inefficient combustion engines, and use nuclear fusion for the greater part of your journey." "Ideally, you’d have a station somewhere near Mars, and you’d have a station on ...

If the rocket ever becomes operational, it could one day cut the journey time of a potential mission to Mars in half. Nuclear fusion is different from nuclear fission, which is what powers current ...