You may think you know static electricity, but its true nature has long eluded scientists. We’ve now made a huge leap towards ...

Get ready to soar to new heights with this easy and fun DIY project! Learn how to turn a plastic bottle into a rocket that can actually blast off into the air. This creative and educational science ...

The spacecraft crashed into the Pacific Ocean after a parachute failure, ending a bold experiment in space biology and ...

NASA astronaut Don Pettit, an energetic tinkerer and photographer, used his off-duty time on the International Space Station ...

After nearly 20 years of operations, NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) is on a roll, performing a new maneuver to ...

NASA announced plans to get the crewed Axiom Mission 4 off the ground following a series of delays. FLORIDA TODAY Space Team ...

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Robert Zubrin’s Nuclear Salt Water Rocket (NSWR) design is a rocket that uses known physics and engineering . There are versions that could reach 7-8% of light speed. The use of low grade uranium ...

Most of that science is aimed at discovering hidden water on the moon's south pole. According to NASA, these experiments will play a key role in the return of astronauts to the moon, and ...

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.

A series of experiments on board China’s space station have for the first time produced oxygen and the ingredients for rocket fuel – key steps that are considered essential for human survival ...

Robots don't need food, water, or protection from the environment, so any effort to get humans to Mars would require launching vastly more mass, which means we need big honking rockets.