Explore SpaceX’s powerful Starship and its mission to reach Mars and beyond. ExtremeTech breaks down its design, goals, and how it’s reshaping space travel.

Let’s take a look at how ion thrusters work, and some of their interesting applications in the world of spacecraft! Chemical rocket engines provide huge thrust but are thirsty when it comes to fuel.

"The rocket was to be launched from a ... The seaborne operating concept was extended to include propulsion system development testing at sea using cruiser-weight, vehicle configuration tankage ...

While prototypes of water-powered rocket thrusters and engines have been developed before, and a few have succeeded in launching CubeSats, water has not yet been used as a propellant on a large scale.

"In thrust we trust," said Blue ... New Glenn's first stage booster on a sea-fairing barge in the Atlantic Ocean 10 minutes after liftoff, while the rocket's second stage continues toward orbit.

What happened to China's reusable rocket testbed? A Chinese state-owned company performed a rocket flight on January 18 (US ...

This weekly newsletter on rockets provides definitive coverage of the global launch industry. The big news this week is the New Glenn and Starship missions.

The domestically developed South Korean Nuri rocket departed on its inaugural ... powered by a cluster of four KRE-075 sea-level engines having 3 MN of thrust. The second stage is a single ...

SOCHI, February 16. /TASS/. A Zenit carrier rocket may be manufactured for the first launch under the restarted Sea Launch project in 2019, co-owner of S7 Group Natalia Filyova said on the ...