Eco-friendly alternatives to fossil fuels are venturing beyond Earth—and into space.

Many of us made soda bottle rockets for science class. Some of us didn’t have that opportunity, and made them in the backyard because that’s what cool kids do. Water rockets work on the ...

Can water really power a rocket? Scientists are exploring ways to use water as fuel, from splitting it into hydrogen and oxygen to steam propulsion. It might just be the key to the future of space ...

Water rockets are created from plastic bottles, made aerodynamic by nose cones and fins. The rocket is part filled with water, and air is pumped in with a foot pump.

Lunar Trailblazer is part of a growing list of probes and landers heading toward the moon to search for water ice.

Part of the rocket will be ejected and land in large ... velocity and create an “explosive event at the surface of the water,” or a “soft water landing and tip over and sink or explode ...

Practise and challenge your friends! Download the Water bottle Rockets PDF(378 Kb). Adobe Acrobat is required. SAFETY: This rocket uses air pressure to fling a bottle at high speed 20–50 metres.

To get the rocket to work properly, we have to get the right amount of water in the bottle. Not as easy as it sounds. Try experimenting yourself with different volumes of water. Attach one end of ...

When integrated with a little bit of plumbing, they can also be used to provide a large amount of hot water to something like an off-grid home as well. [Little Aussie Rockets] starts off the build ...

China's space agency has successfully produced oxygen and ethylene—essential rocket fuel components—from carbon dioxide, ...

Winnie Yan, a Form Five student from Chan Shu Kui Memorial School, exhibited a water rocket she made with her team at the fair. Chiu Cheung-ki, director of the Direct Subsidy Scheme Schools ...