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

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

In other words, don't expect your truck to suddenly be a rocket-like speed demon. Similarly to what to do if diesel fuel gets in your gas engine tank by accident, start by not turning on your truck.

Three workers were injured and nearby residents reported that “a huge boom” shook their windows during testing of a LandSpace rocket fuel tank in Shanghai on Monday evening. The Chinese start ...

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 ...

While this latest test doesn’t make nuclear-powered rocket engines viable just yet, it’s an important step on the journey. This latest batch of tests was conducted at the compact fuel element ...

After lift-off, the rocket quickly burns through its fuel. Once the tanks are empty, they break away from the rest of the rocket and fall back to Earth. When the astronauts reach the ISS ...