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

While this latest test doesn’t make nuclear-powered rocket engines viable just yet, it’s an important step on the journey.

and even hybrid rocket engines are becoming passé. We’ve never seen a liquid-fuel rocket build before, so that’s what this roundup evolved into. First up is [Robert Watzlavick], who has been ...

We are fascinated by the hybrid rocket engine which [Ben Krasnow] built and tested in his shop. It is actually using a hollow cylinder of acrylic as the fuel, with gaseous oxygen as an oxidizer.

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

The trials verify that the fuel can survive the harsh environment of a nuclear rocket reactor. Up until now, the main way of propelling spacecraft has been through chemical rockets. To be fair ...

For nearly a year, SpaceX has been trying out something new: super-cooling the liquid oxygen (LOX) which is a key ingredient in rocket fuel. It's called deep-cryo LOX, and the idea has been around ...