Nuclear rockets are moving from Cold War concept to near-term hardware, and the shift could reshape how quickly and safely ...

Modern spaceflight rests on a deceptively simple idea: a machine that carries its own fuel and oxidizer, then hurls exhaust ...

From bicycles to rockets, learning through experience – whether human or machine – is shaping the future of space exploration ...

MnB₂ releases about 20% more energy per unit weight and is roughly 2.5 times as energy-dense as aluminum powder [2], the standard metal fuel in today’s solid rocket boosters. This means rockets could ...

Welcome to Edition 8.21 of the Rocket Report! We’re back after the Thanksgiving holiday with more launch news. Most of the ...

But the Beijing-based company’s broader goal has been the development of a larger, partially reusable rocket to meet China’s ...

Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos are trying to figure out how to pump gas in space. The billionaire space rivals are working on ambitious missions to the moon or Mars, and a crucial design element for each ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A squat and brawny Chinese rocket just aced its second-ever liftoff. Orienspace's Gravity-1, the ...

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Usually when an alchemist shows up promising to turn rocks into gold, you should run the other way. Sure, rocket fuel isn’t gold, but on the moon it’s worth more than its weight in the yellow stuff.

High up in Earth's orbit, millions of human-made objects large and small are flying at speeds of over 15,000 miles per hour.

A private Chinese space firm successfully sent its Zhuque-3 rocket to orbit but failed in its historic attempt to re-land the rocket booster Wednesday – the first such trial by a Chinese firm as the ...