They loaded a Falcon 9 rocket with tens of thousands of gallons of kerosene and supercold liquid oxygen, a propellant combo that brought the craft’s nine Merlin engines roaring to life with 1.7 ...

Conventional rocket fuels such as kerosene and liquid oxygen, if skillfully used, could do the job. But superfuels are coming along—in both the U.S. and Russia.

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.

By the time the rocket has reached orbit, there’s basically nothing left of it. While the idea for a self-consuming rocket originated in the 1930s, there hasn’t been much of a use case for it ...

This is the XLR-11, also called the 6000C-4, one of the most widely used U.S. liquid-propellant rocket engines that powered the Bell X-1 and other rocket research aircraft. Developed by Reaction ...

The rocket and its booster were filled with liquid oxygen and liquid methane – the fuel that will lift it into orbit – at SpaceX’s Starbase facility in Boca Chica, Texas.

NASA tested a “kinder, gentler” fueling process for its Space Launch System rocket during a cryogenic test on Wednesday, September 21st, ahead of the Artemis 1 mission.

“The only realistic way to create a rocket fuel that does not produce any black carbon, is to not use carbon at all,” Tsigaridis adds. Liquid hydrogen is another popular fuel option that has long been ...

The Falcon 9 uses a fuel mixture of liquid oxygen and simple kerosene, and while the oxygen does not do any harm to the skies, the black soot created by the burning kerosene is injected directly ...