A nuclear fusion rocket could be the key to unlocking speedy flights in space exploration, and one company hopes to test it as early as 2027.

Radioisotope thermoelectric generators do not rely on chemical reactions like the batteries in your phone. Instead, they rely ...

it could one day cut the journey time of a potential mission to Mars in half. Nuclear fusion is different from nuclear fission, which is what powers current nuclear power plants. Fission works by ...

A propulsion system that would attach to a spacecraft in Earth orbit, then carry the craft to its destination, the Sunbird has the potential to cut the journey time to Mars in half, Pulsar claims.

could significantly cut down the time it takes to travel to Mars in half. As CNN reports, the UK Space Agency-funded company's Sunbird rocket harnesses the power of nuclear fusion, the same ...

Russia may provide a small nuclear power plant for a Mars mission planned by SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, President Vladimir Putin's envoy for international cooperation, Kirill Dmitriev, said on Thursday.

Even in the inner solar system, spacecraft such as lunar or Mars rovers need alternative power sources ... thermoelectric ...