Go back a generation of development, and excepting the shuttle-derived systems, all liquid rockets used RP-1 (aka kerosene) for their first stage. Now it seems everybody and their dog wants to ...

Real-world rockets and larger, previous self-landing rocket projects have used liquid fuel, which when mixed with an oxidizer, ignites.

In a remarkable development in the field of space technology, a Japanese startup based in Sapporo has created an innovative ...

SpaceX, NASA, and other groups are launching more rockets than ever. Are the fuels polluting Earth's atmosphere? Climate experts are investigating.

When most people think of rockets, they likely imagine something like SpaceX's Raptor engine, or they might recall the Apollo 11 Saturn V rocket that took astronauts to the Moon. Rockets aren't ...

In the near century since Robert Goddard, the founder of modern rocketry, fired the first liquid-fuel rocket into the sky, rocket scientists worldwide have favored liquid-fuel engines to power ...

Orienspace, a private space company that makes the world's mightiest solid-propellant carrier rocket, has begun to develop a new, liquid-fuel model, according to the new type's chief designer.

Another quasi-commercial Chinese rocket company—Space Pioneer—became the first privately funded Chinese launch operator to reach orbit with a liquid-fueled rocket in April.

The first stage of the Saturn V had five F-1s for a total lift-off thrust of 7.5 million pounds. The fully-fueled Saturn V weighed 6.5 million pounds. The F-1 used RP-1, a type of kerosene, and liquid ...

Beijing Tianbing Technology Co on Sunday successfully launched a kerosene-oxygen rocket, becoming the first private Chinese launch company to send a liquid-propellant rocket into space and taking ...