NASA Tests 3D-Printed Rocket Nozzle for Future Missions to Moon, Mars The lightweight aluminum engine nozzle is designed with small internal channels to keep it from melting during liftoff.

An upgraded version of one of the solid rocket boosters being used for NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) experienced an ...

While NASA’s Artemis program may ultimately abandon the Space Launch System rocket, for now, Melbourne-based L3Harris is pushing forward with the manufacture of the powerful rocket’s ...

A test of a new rocket motor for NASA’s future moon missions went awry this week, with the full-size booster hurling a ...

NASA recently built and tested an additively-manufactured—or 3D printed—rocket engine nozzle made of aluminum, ... "Mass is critical for NASA's future deep space missions," said John ...

Pictured above are conventional bell-shaped rocket nozzles—also known as a convergent-divergent nozzles—on the space shuttle Discovery.Inherent in its name, the nozzle converges down to a ...

The Rocket Fuel Rivalry Shaping the Future of Spaceflight The red-hot debate over rocket fuel inside a bastion of solid fuel power. By Joe Pappalardo Published: Apr 10, 2018 8:00 AM EDT ...

While a conventional rocket engine must carry giant tanks of fuel and oxidizer on its journey to space, an air-breathing rocket motor pulls most of its oxidizer directly from the atmosphere.

While a conventional rocket engine must carry giant tanks of fuel and oxidizer on its journey to space, an air-breathing rocket motor pulls most of its oxidizer directly from the atmosphere.