An upgraded version of one of the solid rocket boosters being used for NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) experienced an ...

Was the B-47 Stratojet just too good for its own time, or did its revolutionary engineering compel an entire generation of pilots and designers to reconsider what was possible and survivable in ...

A test of a new rocket motor for NASA’s future moon missions went awry this week, with the full-size booster hurling a ...

NASA followed last week's low-key engine test with the test-firing of a solid-fueled booster at Northrop Grumman's rocket ...

A giant slingshot might sound like something out of a science fair or a medieval battle—but one California startup is turning ...

The rocket's exhaust fumes reacted with the Earth's ionosphere, temporarily creating a hole in the layer of ionized gases—a few weeks after another Falcon 9 launch did the same thing.

Rocket exhaust will blow Moon dust into lunar orbit at high velocity. Now researchers are calculating how damaging this will be. The Physics arXiv Blog. By The Physics arXiv Blog. May 31, 2023 5:00 PM ...

Rocket exhaust has black carbon in it, and scientists are very concerned that black carbon, which is black, will absorbs the sun's radiation and heat the atmosphere.

Blue Origin and NASA for some parts of the SLS rocket system. How green is it? Exhaust from this cryogenic fuel is mostly water vapor. When you burn hydrogen, there’s no carbon, ...

The high-altitude chase started over Cape Canaveral on Feb. 17, 2023, when a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched. ... Today, rocket exhaust pales in comparison to the exhaust emitted by aviation.

But rocket exhaust will create another problem. Contrary to common belief, the Moon has a tenuous atmosphere called an exosphere that consists of gases released from the surface by processes such as ...