A groundbreaking nuclear rocket engine that could completely change how we conduct long distance space missions is now under construction. The Pulsar Fusion rocket could more than halve the time ...

How nuclear fusion rockets could launch a new era of super-fast space travel. A team of British scientists has been working on a breakthrough that would cut journey times to Mars from months to ...

Pulsar Fusion has started construction on what it claims is the largest practical nuclear fusion rocket engine ever built. The exhaust speeds from the new rocket could reach over 500,000 miles per ...

Nuclear fusion has broad implications, ... it should be still a sobering thought that despite all of the work on NERVA/Rover there is still no working nuclear thermal rocket engine, ...

These rockets, developed by Pulsar Fusion, would use an innovative nuclear fusion engine, the Direct Fusion Drive (DDFD). This system promises exhaust velocities far superior to current ...

Tech expert Kurt “CyberGuy" Knutsson says 329,000 mph fusion rocket promises ... 329,000 mph nuclear rocket leading next ... allowing other spacecraft to dock and use the fusion engine for the ...

The Sunbird nuclear fusion rocket concept has the potential to more than halve the time to travel to Mars and cut travel time to Pluto to about four years, ... Systems to use artificial intelligence ...

ALBAWABA - Researchers Embark on Building World's Largest Nuclear Fusion Rocket Engine to Revolutionize Space Travel In a groundbreaking endeavor, a UK-based start-up called Pulsar Fusion is ...

This is a compact nuclear fusion engine that provides thrust and power. According to the information available on Pulsar Fusion’s website, DDFD provides a specific impulse of 10,000–15,000 s ...

When ready, it attaches to other spacecraft and propels them toward their destinations using a nuclear fusion engine. That engine—the Duel Direct Fusion Drive, or DDFD—is what sets Sunbird apart.

UK startup Pulsar Fusion today unveiled “Sunbird,” a nuclear fusion-powered rocket concept that could halve the time it takes to travel across our solar system — and, maybe, beyond it.

A consortium of companies just completed its initial foray into an 11-year project that could put the first nuclear-powered space tug into space. The project is called RocketRoll, and it paves the ...