A nuclear thermal propulsion engine could cut the travel time in half for future space explorers racing to the Red Planet.
NASA fired up RS-25 engine No. 20001 at the Fred Haise Test Stand at NASA’s Stennis Space Center at Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. The test lasted about "eight-and-a-half minutes (500 seconds), the same ...
Watch SpaceX doused a steel plate with water and then blast Raptor engine fire into it. The private spaceflight company's ...