Most any rocket engine you’d find on a spacecraft – save for solid or hybrid rockets – use an engine system that’s fairly complex. Because of the intense heat, the fuel is circulated ...

Among the investors was André-Hubert Roussel, former CEO of ArianeGroup, who oversaw the development of Europe’s only ...

Developed by Rosatom’s Troitsk Institute, the new technology could drastically reduce current space travel durations, which presently take nearly a year ...

Kent-based space exploration firm Blue Origin has donated one of its groundbreaking rocket engines to the Museum of Flight ...

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture counted down to the final hour tonight, but in the end, the company had to postpone the first-ever orbital launch of its heavy-lift New… Read More Blue ...

SpaceX lost contact with its Starship rocket in space on Thursday during the company's eighth test mission, dooming a ...

others are focusing on the tried and true—such as plain old-fashioned engines that burn rocket fuel. In this new study, the research team wondered how much energy would be needed to convert the ...

Liquid-fuelled rocket engine design has largely followed a simple template since the development of the German V-2 rocket in the middle of World War 2. Propellant and oxidizer are mixed in a ...

While classic combustion in rocket engines takes place at constant pressure or even with a slight loss of pressure, the pressure increases significantly during detonation. A rocket engine based on ...

Rocket Lab, a company specializing in launch services and space systems, has acquired a barge which will be modified to specialized ocean landing platform for rockets returning to Earth.