While this latest test doesn’t make nuclear-powered rocket engines viable just yet, it’s an important step on the journey.

We are fascinated by the hybrid rocket engine which [Ben Krasnow] built and tested in his shop. It is actually using a hollow cylinder of acrylic as the fuel, with gaseous oxygen as an oxidizer.

In a recent demonstration, Chinese astronauts operated a series of experiments that produced oxygen and rocket fuel in orbit ... convert carbon dioxide and water into oxygen and ethylene, a compound ...

Rocket thrusters powered by the hydrogen and oxygen in water do exist, and while NASA succeeded with using this kind of propulsion system to launch their PTD-1 CubeSat in 2021, water fuel has not ...

The video itself is a reaction to some college students in Utah who caused an evacuation when the rocket fuel they were cooking up exploded. [Scott] himself theorizes that the fuel they were ...

Space is the only place where rocket fuel could be more precious than water. The China Manned Space Agency announced last month that taikonauts on the ongoing Shenzhou-19 mission successfully produced ...

Ketones are a type of organic compound produced by the liver when the ... “During this state of ‘ketosis’, ketones are used as a fuel source by the muscle, brain and heart,” says James ...

Breathing New Air Chinese astronauts claim to have created rocket fuel on board the country's Tiangong space station using a ...

The trials verify that the fuel can survive the harsh environment of a nuclear rocket reactor. Up until now, the main way of propelling spacecraft has been through chemical rockets. To be fair ...

They have successfully conducted experiments that mimic photosynthesis, converting carbon dioxide and water into oxygen and rocket fuel ingredients. This development is a major step towards long-term ...