In today's offering, we have this 3D printed aerospike engine created using AI's generative design skills that just completed ...

For the SpaceX Merlin engine, this ignition source is a pyrophoric chemical called TEA-TEB which ignites on contact with oxygen, while other engines use spark igniters, pyrotechnics, and so on.

This is a very respectable height to reach on a homemade engine. But Mount Whitney, which is close to Hughes' launch site in California, has a peak of almost 4.5 kilometres (2.8 miles).

In reality, any of us could construct a rocket in our garden that is capable of reaching orbit -- at a price. Richard Osborne, vice chair of the UK Rocketry Association , explains how. The engine ...

Called a rotating detonation rocket engine, or RDRE, the new engine could hold the key to the agency's ambitions for deep space travel. Rocket engines have stayed pretty much the same for as long ...

Amazon CEO's aerospace company enters into a partnership with the United Launch Alliance to develop BE-4, a rocket engine to replace Russian-made launch jets. Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin to make ...

A team of engineers has built and test-fired a new style of "autophage" rocket engine that eats its own structure from the bottom up during flight. They believe it could lead to cheaper, more ...