However, this type of electric propulsion system requires a lot of energy, so the company has opted for a unique tie-up for a power plant that could solve that problem—a nuclear reactor.

Ad Astra Rocket Company has spent over two decades developing the Variable Specific Impulse Magnetoplasma Rocket (VASIMR), a highly efficient electric propulsion system. VASIMR operates by ...

Two United States based firms have entered into a partnership to advance high-power nuclear electric propulsion technology for faster space travel. Ad Astra Rocket Company (Ad Astra) and The Space ...

a nuclear microreactor. This technology will provide the sustained power needed for high-speed electric propulsion. “It will ...

NASA's nuclear propulsion breakthrough promises Mars trips in 45 days. Combining nuclear and plasma systems boosts efficiency ...

Rendering of a 40-megawatt VASIMR Nuclear Electric Propulsion (NEP) human mission to Mars. Credit: Ad Astra Rocket Co. HOUSTON—Strategic partners Ad Astra Rocket Co. and Space Nuclear Power Corp ...

One of the potential paths for application of nuclear power in maritime is vessel propulsion, writes Jin Wang, director of ...

The two companies have signed a memorandum of understanding to advance high-power Nuclear Electric Propulsion technology for fast and reliable missions, both human and robotic. “We think nuclear ...

Meanwhile, nuclear propulsion is literally the only way that a world power can project military might, as diesel-electric submarines and conventionally powered aircraft carriers lack the range ...

Constellation Energy contracts, set to begin on April 25, estimated to provide electricity equivalent to power more than 1 ...

NANO Nuclear Space (NNS) will focus on optimizing “ZEUS”, a solid core battery reactor, and “ODIN”, a low-pressure coolant reactor, for applications such as ...

The plant was scheduled to begin shutting down in November, but its lifespan was extended in a last-minute legislative deal ...