How do you control a nuclear space propulsion system? Very carefully. To help with this, the Oak Ridge National Laboratory ...

In a groundbreaking development, Ohio State University has unveiled a new concept for nuclear thermal propulsion that could ...

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

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

New developments in nuclear thermal propulsion technologies may soon enable advanced space missions to the farthest reaches of the solar system.

Instead of using solid fuel elements, this innovative design uses liquid uranium fuel to heat the rocket propellant directly.

The significance of nuclear powerlies in two aspects—higher specific impulseand higher energy density: Nuclear Thermal ...

North Korea has said its status as a nuclear state is permanent and that the U.S. should stop its hostile provocation in ...

North Korea said Monday that its status as a nuclear weapons state is "permanently specified" by law and "irreversible" in a ...

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw the final test of a powerful solid-fuel engine for intercontinental ballistic ...

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