nuclear thermal rocket

A nuclear thermal rocket (NTR) is a type of thermal rocket where the heat from a nuclear reaction replaces the chemical energy of the propellants in a chemical rocket. In an NTR, a working fluid, usually liquid hydrogen, is heated to a high temperature in a nuclear reactor and then expands through a rocket nozzle to create thrust. The external nuclear heat source theoretically allows a higher effective exhaust velocity and is expected to double or triple payload capacity compared to chemical propellants that store energy internally.

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rocket engine, nuclear propulsion, 
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  antimatter catalyzed nuclear pulse propulsion ⓘ
  proposed nuclear pulse propulsion through antimatter-catalyzed nuclear chain reactions

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  Nuclear salt-water rocket ⓘ
  proposed rocket propulsion mechanism

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  pulsed nuclear thermal rocket ⓘ
  type of nuclear thermal rocket

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Artist concept of Demonstration for Rocket to Agile Cislunar Operations (DRACO) spacecraft

NTR propulsive capture at Mars

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• Manned Mars Exploration Concept Using Nuclear Thermal Propulsion System - scientific article published in January 2018, Q7850
• A One-year Round Trip Crewed Mission to Mars using Bimodal Nuclear Thermal and Electric Propulsion (BNTEP) - , 2013
• Design and analysis of a single stage to orbit nuclear thermal rocket reactor engine - article by Satira Labib & Jeffrey King published June 2015 in Nuclear Engineering and Design
• Initial risk assessment for a single stage to orbit nuclear thermal rocket - article by Satira Labib & Jeffrey King published June 2015 in Nuclear Engineering and Design
• On the Use of a Pulsed Nuclear Thermal Rocket for Interplanetary Travel - scholarly article published 22 July 2016
• Nuclear Thermal Propulsion Spacecraft Integrated System Model - scholarly article, 2021
• Nuclear Thermal Propulsion for Jupiter and Saturn Rendezvous Missions - scholarly article, 2022
• Review of Nuclear Thermal Propulsion Technology for Deep Space Missions - scholarly article, 2020
• Launch Vehicle Requirements for Mars Transfer Vehicles Utilizing Seeded Hydrogen in a Nuclear Thermal Propulsion System - scholarly article, 2020
• Preliminary Trajectory Design for Jupiter Rendezvous Mission Using Nuclear Thermal Propulsion - scholarly article, 2020
• Details of the Spacecraft Integrated System Model For Nuclear Thermal Propulsion Applications - scientific article, 2021

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class	rocket engine		antimatter catalyzed nuclear pulse propulsion	nuclear thermal rocket	Wikidata
class	rocket engine		Nuclear salt-water rocket	nuclear thermal rocket	Wikidata
class	rocket engine		pulsed nuclear thermal rocket	nuclear thermal rocket	Wikidata
commons	image		Artist concept of Demonstration for Rocket to Agile Cislunar Operations (DRACO) spacecraft		Commons
commons	image		NTR propulsive capture at Mars		Commons
commons	image		Nuclear Rocket Engine Demonstration Model - Flickr - brewbooks		Commons
commons	image		PULSEDSTA		Commons
commons	image		NASA ASV-P02 Searcher		Commons