The trials verify that the fuel can survive the harsh environment of a nuclear rocket reactor. Up until now, the main way of propelling spacecraft has been through chemical rockets. To be fair ...

Cornell researchers have harnessed a chemical reaction typically used in rocket fuel ignition to create ... porosity you can introduce and still have structure left behind, along with enough ...

the relative inefficiencies of traditional chemical rockets come into sharp focus. While they do have the power to get spacecraft to Mars and beyond, they require a lot of fuel to do so ...

Elon Musk's latest plan could revolutionize space travel—turning atmospheric CO2 into rocket fuel. Discover how this ...

Breathing New Air Chinese astronauts claim to have created rocket fuel on board the country's Tiangong space station using a ...

The company has successfully trialed a nuclear fuel that could one day ... when compared with conventional rocket systems. Today, rockets heavily rely on chemical propulsion.

specifically can you 3D print the rocket grain itself? By using the resin as a fuel and mixing in a potent oxidiser (ammonium perchlorate specifically – thanks for the tip NASA!) he has some ...

Larger rockets can go faster and carry more payload, but they are constrained by the mass of the fuel required to power them. They are also simply too slow for deep space travel. According to NASA's ...