Flying a thrust-vectoring rocket can be a challenge, and even more so if you stack multiple stages and a minimalist flight computer on top of it all. But [Joe Barnard] is not one to shy away from ...

On the latest attempt with a brand-new thrust vectoring Scout E rocket, he has gotten tantalizingly close to doing a controlled propulsive landing with a solid-fuel rocket motor. We’ve all been ...

The Sunbird nuclear fusion rocket concept has the potential to more than halve the time to travel to Mars and cut travel time ...

In order to significantly increase the effectiveness, performance and specific impulse of future rocket engines, high combustion chamber ... development of space transportation systems. The thrust ...

This story has been changed to clarify that it is the world's largest single-segment solid rocket. China says it fired up the world’s largest single-segment solid-fuel rocket engine for the ...

The space shuttle accelerates upwards from its launch pad. The thrust \(T\) from the rocket engines is greater than the weight \(W\) of the rocket system. Since force \(T\) is greater than the ...