SRIHARIKOTA: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has successfully developed a powerful new propellant mixer for ...

The first of two vessels carrying 1,000 tons of a Chinese-made chemical that could be a key component in fuel for Iran’s ...

Solid-fuel rockets are the dream weapons of military ... This is almost impossible at atmospheric pressure; if the flaming propellant is extinguished, it tends to relight. But in the vacuum ...

Boron-based solid propellants are gaining attention ... density and potential applications in rocket propulsion and explosives. Boron, as a metal fuel, offers significant advantages, including ...

The news outlets said the purported shipment could be transformed into enough ammonium perchlorate — a key solid fuel propellant component — to produce 260 midrange Iranian missiles.

While prototypes of water-powered rocket thrusters and ... another advantage to this kind of propellant—water is everywhere in space, so running out of fuel won’t be an issue for the ...

Iran and its proxies have suffered setbacks in the production of rocket fuel. For example, an Israeli raid in September 2024 destroyed a site for producing solid propellant rocket motors in Masyaf ...

First conceived of in 1945, this is a rocket that replaces burning chemical fuel with a nuclear reactor that is used to heat up a propellant. This propellant is most likely hydrogen, though ...

Two Iranian cargo ships may be seeking to move key chemicals for missile propellants from China, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday. The vessels could depart from China in the next few ...