To propel a rocket, some kind of force must push it forward. A force is the amount of push or pull on an object. The mechanical force that pushes a rocket or aircraft through the air is known as ...

NASA is looking for student teams to enter its TechRise Student Challenge, which tasks students in grades six through 12 with designing experiments to launch on a suborbital spaceflight.

The REXUS/BEXUS programme provides students with opportunities to conduct scientific and technical experiments on rockets and balloons under special atmospheric conditions. Experiments on a REXUS ...

The first experiments will be launched on a balloon, BEXUS 7, in September 2008. The first rocket experiments will be launched in March 2009 on the REXUS 5 and 6 sounding rockets.

From anyone else, it would sound ridiculous: Elon Musk says SpaceX is going to try to land a rocket stage with … wait for it … a "giant party balloon." Even Musk, SpaceX's CEO and chief ...