It’s a relatively new choice for rocket fuel, and it debuted in 2007 with a successful NASA engine test. Burning methane creates about 10 percent more specific impulse—the rocket equivalent of ...

In a remarkable development in the field of space technology, a Japanese startup based in Sapporo has created an innovative ...

Moreover, rockets can operate on a variety of fuel types such as solid, liquid, and hybrid fuel, each offering distinct advantages for propulsion. Thrust from burning fuel lifts the rocket ...

C hinese astronauts have just created rocket fuel and oxygen in space using a new type of "artificial photosynthesis." The breakthrough technology, which used fairly basic equipment and minimal ...

Liquid rocket propellant was in two parts: a fuel and an oxidizer. The combination is hypergolic; that is, the two spontaneously ignite and burn upon contact with each other.

Now open, The Gantry at LC-39 offers more than a close up view of the launch pads. See a preview of this new KSC VC bus tour ...