Germany has officially contracted Polaris Raumflugzenge to develop a new hypersonic spacecraft capable of launching satellites into orbit.

For decades, engineers have fought to prevent detonations in rocket engines—now, NASA is using them on purpose. The Rotating Detonation Engine (RDE) is a radical innovation that leverages supersonic ...

The Mira prototype series relies on jet engines for takeoff, cruise, and landing, while incorporating an aerospike rocket engine for high-speed propulsion tests. First conceived in the 1960s ...

Aerospike has announced version 8.0 of its distributed multi-modal database, bringing support for distributed ACID transactions. This enables large-scale online transaction processing (OLTP ...

Bleecker Street Research warned this morning that Rocket Lab's Neutron rocket may not achieve its mid-2025 launch-date target. Bleecker warns that a mid-2026 or even mid-2027 launch is more likely.

The "Fasten Your Space Belts' mission lifted off at 6:17 p.m. ET today (Feb. 18). Rocket Lab launched a high-resolution Earth-imaging satellite toward low Earth orbit this evening (Feb. 18).

SpaceX's Starship rocket exploded during a test flight, months after a previous failed launch attempt - with multiple flights having to be grounded in Florida due to debris. The 403-foot rocket ...

SpaceX has pulled off a historic feat, after launching a rocket into space from the coast of Florida and landing the rocket booster in another country. Tuesday’s mission marked the first time a ...

Watching a rocket launch while at the beach is SO Florida. It’s a popular hashtag on Instagram, too. On the Space Coast of Florida, there’s typically a rumble after a rocket launch and ...