Startup Successfully Ignites World’s First Fusion Rocket

Space propulsion company Pulsar Fusion has achieved “first plasma” in its Sunbird nuclear fusion rocket, designed to propel ...

World first: UK startup ignites plasma inside nuclear fusion rocket in major step for space ...

The breakthrough brings scientists a step closer to fusion propulsion - technology that mimics the energy reactions powering ...
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Pulsar Fusion Tests Exhaust System For Nuclear Fusion Rocket Engine

UK space propulsion company Pulsar Fusion has conducted the first test of a prototype exhaust system for a nuclear fusion rocket engine that could dramatically cut transit times for missions to Mars ...
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Pulsar Fusion demos its nuclear fusion rocket’s first plasma

UK based space propulsion company developing advanced propulsion technologies for satellite and deep-space markets, Pulsar ...
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Principles of nuclear rocket propulsion / William Emrich, Jr

Introduction -- Rocket engine fundamentals -- Nuclear rocket engine cycles -- Interplanetary mission analysis -- Basic nuclear structure and processes -- Neutron flux energy distribution -- Neutron ...
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NASA announced the '1st nuclear powered interplanetary spacecraft.' What about the Voyager probes?

NASA announced a mission to Mars using nuclear electric propulsion. How does it differ from earlier missions that utilized ...
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NASA's '1st nuclear-propelled interplanetary spacecraft' will send helicopters to Mars in 2028

NASA plans to launch its first nuclear-powered interplanetary spacecraft in 2028, a probe called Space Reactor-1 Freedom that ...
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Nuclear rocket could slash mission times to Mars

Scientists have developed a new form of nuclear propulsion that they claim could slash mission times to Mars and enable voyages to the farthest reaches of the solar system. A team from Ohio State ...