The V-2 rocket was engineered by science-fiction readers and, like the science-fiction descriptions of the last ten years, has only one rocket motor — a vast saving in weight, complexity, and cost.

It's science fiction come true," said space expert Ken Kremer. The company successfully launched the world’s largest rocket on Sunday in Boca Chica, TX. Then, they caught the booster with super ...

Science fiction anthology shows were popular in the 1950s and this program was one of the best. It aired on the ABC Network from 1951 to 1953 and predates the later successor, "Science Fiction ...

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk named his rocket recovery vessels after science-fiction spaceships, but Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos stayed closer to home for the christening of the ship that his Blue Origin space ...

Musk already has plumbed “Star Wars” for names, as well as work by the late Scottish science fiction writer Iain M. Banks.. SpaceX’s Falcon rocket is a nod to the Millennium Falcon piloted ...

"One of the past criticisms of science fiction has been that it's all 'zap-guns and rocket ships'," suggests Asher. "Now the science fiction writer can smugly point out the LaWs - the US navy ...

During World War II, Wernher von Braun had a lot on his mind. The German rocket scientist was busy running Adolf Hitler's V-1 and V-2 programs, which sent more than 10,000 rockets into England in ...

Musk already has plumbed “Star Wars” for names, as well as work by the late Scottish science fiction writer Iain M. Banks. SpaceX’s Falcon rocket is a nod to the Millennium Falcon piloted by ...