The rocket engine has come a long way - from fire arrows in ancient China to massive boosters capable of launching humans to Mars. For centuries, rocket technology evolved in small, incremental steps, ...

We take a look at rocket evolution and just how far we've come in the last several decades as well as where we could be heading in the future. You can watch the landing on the SpaceX webcast.

Blue Origin, the space venture founded by Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, is sharing a short video clip featuring the lesser-known rocket engine for its orbital-class New Glenn rocket. The ...

Among the investors was André-Hubert Roussel, former CEO of ArianeGroup, who oversaw the development of Europe’s only ...

When the idea of an engine hacks theme was being kicked around at Hack a Day, the subject of rocket engines was one of the first to come up. There was a problem though; solid rocket motors are far ...

Most any rocket engine you’d find on a spacecraft – save for solid or hybrid rockets – use an engine system that’s fairly complex. Because of the intense heat, the fuel is circulated ...

Kent-based space exploration firm Blue Origin has donated one of its groundbreaking rocket engines to the Museum of Flight ...

At the heart of the rocket is a new kind of engine called Archimedes. Using a lot of 3D-printed parts (the housings for the turbo pump and valve, the pre-burner, components of the main chamber ...