This highly flamable rocket fuel is mixed with liquid oxygen in the RD-180 engine to create 860,000 lbf of thrust to power craft like the Atlas V. P120 JODY AMIET/AFP/Getty Images ...

In northwest China, China successfully tested the Feitian 2, a new hypersonic vehicle. This test marks a major step forward ...

The Project Liquid Team at the Yale Undergraduate Aerospace Association conducted the first test of their liquid rocket engine on April 2. Whereas before, only select systems of the engine were ...

Rocket Engine, Liquid Fuel, XLR-11 National Air and Space Museum. Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions Apply Click for more information. ... the first plane to reach the speed of sound on ...

The US Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) has awarded rocket engine manufacturer Ursa Major a $28.5 million contract. The agreement will see Ursa Major perform a flight demonstration of its ...

New Frontier Aerospace says it has put its 3D-printed Mjölnir rocket engine through a series of successful hot-fire tests.

There’s a new liquid rocket on the launchpad, and it’s definitely not like the rockets of days past. It’s called a rotating detonation engine, or RDE, and those detonations are what make it ...

Born into this world as America's first liquid hydrogen rocket engine, it was continuously improved, and it will continue to be so for many years to come. The newest iteration of the powerplant? A ...

Modern rockets, which use a liquid or solid fuel, didn't come into being until a scientist named Dr. Robert H. Goddard developed and launched the first liquid-fueled rocket on March 16, 1926.

Rocket Engine, Liquid Fuel, XLR-11 National Air and Space Museum. ... The XLR-11 rocket engine, originally designated 6000C-4 by its manufacturer, Reaction Motors, Inc. (RMI), is of the same kind used ...