[KoD] and [Navic] are building solid propellant motors using sugar and potassium nitrate. They cook up the two ingredients along with water and a bonding agent. They find that corn syrup is ...

The rockets are expensive, whether they use liquid or solid fuel, so the West German Ministry of Transport asked jet-propulsion experts to evaluate hot-water rockets, a prewar German idea that ...

One also featured a Buddha statue as a "space temple." This three-stage solid-fuel rocket is a new creation from Space One, established six years ago. It developed it with technical cooperation ...

This story has been changed to clarify that it is the world's largest single-segment solid rocket. China says it fired up the world’s largest single-segment solid-fuel rocket engine for the ...

TOKYO (AFP): Japan's space agency has said its plan to launch a solid-fuel rocket by the end of March is now impossible, after a recent engine test resulted in a large fire. Towering flames and ...