Past test firings of the GEM-63XL lasted approximately 90 seconds and produced a thrust close to 450,000 lbs. This test would ...

An international team of engineers and space scientists has used a variety of assumptions, techniques, and math principles to ...

Rocket engine manufacturer Ursa Major is accelerating the development of its Draper engine. The startup is collaborating with US agencies and military contractors to make the engine available for use ...

A SpaceX Falcon 9 will lift 23 Starlink v2 Mini satellites to low-Earth orbit (LEO) on Tuesday, Feb. 18, at 6:15 PM EST ...

Automated flight systems developer Merlin has partnered with Indian cargo carrier Quikjet Airlines to assess and correlate pilot fatigue levels with inflight performance. Data collection will begin in ...

Researchers demonstrated the first fully 3D-printed, droplet-emitting electrospray engine. The low-cost device can be fabricated more quickly than traditional thrusters, potentially from on board a ...

Pontiac-based program relied on big cubic inches to help usher America’s nascent shuttle design into the later space age.

A prototype electric plasma rocket engine capable of significantly increasing thrust and efficiency has been unveiled by ...

The lander, Blue Ghost, fired its engines for four minutes Thursday to propel the spacecraft into lunar orbit ahead of a ...

When planes exceed Mach 1 (the speed of sound, or about 767 miles per hour—1,234 kilometers/hour for those using the metric ...

Rolls-Royce in Indianapolis has a new Pentagon contract to produce dozens of gas turboshaft engines to power air-cushioned ...