New Atlas

ORNL tackles control challenges of nuclear rocket engines

That something is nuclear propulsion. Essentially, a nuclear rocket engine is a reactor that has hydrogen running through it as a propellant, which is heated to an astonishing 3,000 K (2,727 °C, 4,940 ...
Daily Reporter

North Korea conducts its final ground test of a solid-fuel engine for long-range missiles

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea said Tuesday it had conducted the final ground test of a solid-fuel rocket engine for a long-range ballistic missile in its latest advancement toward having an ...
CNN

Emboldened Kim Jong Un oversees test of powerful new North Korean rocket engine days after China visit

Kim Jong Un on Monday watched a test of North Korea’s new high-thrust rocket engine, an event that sets the stage for Pyongyang to test its newest intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), the ...
SpaceNews

DARPA says decreasing launch costs, new analysis led it to cancel DRACO nuclear propulsion project

WASHINGTON — A DARPA official said the agency canceled a space nuclear propulsion project it was jointly developing with NASA in part because the effort was overtaken by advances in more conventional ...