Month: July 2025

VASIMR ENGINE – A high-powered plasma propulsion system currently being developed.

PLASMA THRUSTERS – Engines that use ionized gas for efficient propulsion.

FUSION-BASED PROPULSION – A theoretical system that would use nuclear fusion to generate thrust.

FISSION-BASED PROPULSION – A propulsion system that relies on controlled nuclear fission reactions.

GENERATOR (RTG) – A power source using radioactive decay to generate electricity.

PROJECT NERVA – A NASA program in the 1960s that tested nuclear thermal rockets.
RADIOISOTOPE THERMOELECTRIC

PROJECT ORION – A 1950s concept using nuclear explosions to propel a spacecraft.

NUCLEAR ELECTRIC PROPULSION (NEP) – A system that uses a nuclear reactor to generate electricity for ion propulsion.

NUCLEAR THERMAL PROPULSION (NTP) – A system that heats liquid hydrogen using a nuclear reactor to produce thrust.

NUCLEAR PROPULSION – A method of space propulsion using nuclear reactions to generate thrust.