A key program in the 1960s, called the Nuclear Engine for Rocket Vehicle Application, even sought to demonstrate the technology in space — but that never came to fruition.

EDMONTON, Alberta, Aug. 30, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Space Engine Systems is expanding their engineering and business teams in Canada, the United States, and the United Kingdom. In their drive to ...

UK researchers have designed a self-eating rocket engine that burns its own body for fuel. They hope the design can help curb the worsening junk problem in space.

Stoke Space has announced the first successful hot-fire engine test for its Nova launch vehicle, which the company calls the "most robust, fully and rapidly reusable medium-lift rocket in the world." ...

But aerogel isn’t strong enough to contain the fuel particles needed for the nuclear space engine without them breaking apart. That is why the design also calls for a superconducting magnent ...

Interesting. From Wikipedia: "11B is also a candidate as a fuel for aneutronic fusion. When struck by a proton with energy of about 500 keV, it produces three alpha particles and 8.7 MeV of energy.

And Lockheed Martin designed the Space Shuttle successor—the X-33 spaceplane—with aerospike engines in mind, though the project was eventually scrapped. Lockheed Martin ...

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On Tuesday, Stoke Space announced the firing of its first stage rocket engine for the first time earlier this month, briefly igniting it for about two seconds. The company declared the June 5 test ...