General Atomic's new nuclear fuel was subjected to the maximum heat of a reactor for 20 minutes in the latest tests.

General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) has successfully tested the nuclear fuel that may one day propel and power the spacecraft of the future. The trials verify that the fuel can survive ...

A DRACO ground test would need to capture plume exhaust fully to ensure no radioactive materials are released to the ...

General Atomics has completed several key tests for nuclear thermal propulsion (NTP) reactor technology at NASA’s MSFC.

A new type of nuclear thermal propulsion reactor fuel has been successfully tested at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center, ...

American company General Atomics announced it completed a series of test on a nuclear fuel designed for the Nuclear Thermal ...

For centuries, we have gazed into space with fascination, dreaming of traveling to distant planets. To turn these dreams into ...

For centuries, we have been gazing into space with fascination, dreaming of travelling to distant planets. To make these ...

NASA is working on a nuclear electric propulsion system that would involve robotically assembling a space radiator the size ...

CHEYENNE -- The Wyoming Industrial Siting Council has granted a construction permit to TerraPower for its Natrium nuclear power plant near Kemmerer — a milestone achievement both in Wyoming and ...

Blue Origin successfully launched the rocket after an attempt earlier in the week was scrubbed. The flight is a crucial test of the company’s ability to compete with Elon Musk’s SpaceX.