Modern spaceflight rests on a deceptively simple idea: a machine that carries its own fuel and oxidizer, then hurls exhaust backward fast enough to push itself forward. The person who first turned ...

The RS-25 engine will be used to carry humans on eventual mission to Mars. — -- NASA said it has cleared a milestone in the path to ushering in the next era of human space exploration after ...

A new type of rocket engine that could improve aircraft, spacecraft, and other transportation systems is being developed by private and public institutions such as NASA and the Air Force Research ...

The USA's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has finalised an agreement with Lockheed Martin to begin work on the fabrication and design of an experimental nuclear thermal rocket and its engine ...

Welcome to Edition 7.06 of the Rocket Report! There has been a lot of drama over the last week involving NASA, the crew of Starliner on board the International Space Station, and the launch of the ...

Ursa Major’s Draper is a 4,000-pound thrust engine designed for hypersonics, defense, in-space propulsion, and space launch. Credit: Ursa Major WASHINGTON — Rocket engine startup Ursa Major said Nov.

There have been published papers by the Air Force Research Lab and NASA on rotating detonation engines having 10% or more efficiency gains. A rotating detonation engine (RDE) uses a form of pressure ...

There never was a better time to do business in space exploration. One needs to look no further than the many space startups presently operating in this industry to realize that's so. Another proof of ...

In this week’s episode of Space Minds, Tory Bruno, CEO of United Launch Alliance, sits down with host Mike Gruss. The conversation with Bruno focuses on the development of the Vulcan rocket and its ...

The reusability of different parts of a space rocket has opened the doors to a literal flood of launches to Earth orbit and beyond. Thanks to the fact that space companies now no longer have to make a ...