Russia has flown a nuclear-arm-capable cruise missile propelled by a nuclear engine. In a televised conference chaired by ...

Space missions in the future could travel to Mars, asteroids and the outer solar system by riding on nuclear-powered rockets, thanks to a new design that utilizes energy from the nuclear fission of ...

Engineers from Ohio State University are developing a new way to power rocket engines, using liquid uranium for a faster, more efficient form of nuclear propulsion that could deliver round trips to ...

However, there are two major problems with nuclear rockets. First, the heat generated has to be carefully controlled if you don't want the engine to end up simply melting. The other is how to control ...

Mars nuclear rocket: Researchers at Ohio State University say they’ve hit a breakthrough that could reshape how humans travel through space. Their new concept, a centrifugal nuclear thermal rocket, or ...

Fundamentals of thermodynamics and aerodynamics -- Thermodynamic cycle analysis of gas turbines and air-breathing propulsion systems -- Aerodynamic design of axial flow compressors and turbines -- ...