So, instead of launching rockets with these propellants ... The GWU and PPPL teams aren’t the only ones researching air-breathing satellite technology. In an interview with IE in 2022, Jan ...

A British company developing a rocket engine that can combust using oxygen from the air, as opposed to carrying liquid oxygen like traditional rockets, says it's passed a "significant milestone ...

Rocket-powered vehicles were developed for two primary purposes: spaceflight and weaponry. Guided missiles also appeared in the mid-twentieth century with air-breathing propulsion systems, and these ...

Two firms based in the United States have joined forces to develop unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) or drones that can fly at ...

Moon Fuel: A New Way to Generate Oxygen and Fuel in Space Space missions require efficient ways to produce oxygen and fuel.

The following is the Feb. 11, 2025, Congressional Research Service report, Hypersonic Weapons: Background and Issues for ...

Breathing New Air Chinese astronauts claim to have created rocket fuel on board the country's Tiangong space station using a ...

and a rocket system powered by liquid oxygen. The system will be reusable, much like an aeroplane, with no need to jettison expensive fuel tanks during the launch. However, the compression of air ...

Aerospace propulsion is an important and wide subject from the very powerful rocket to the very small unmanned electrical driven propeller. Even for a single subject such as rocket propulsion, there ...

This survey course introduces and discusses: basic lightweight structures, aerospace materials, aerodynamics, air-breathing/rocket propulsion, space environment, energy systems, thermal analysis, ...