A powerful rocket engine for moon missions just fired up for the second time in less than a week. NASA completed a new test for the Space Launch System (SLS) megarocket on Tuesday (Jan. 23), firing an ...

SpaceX currently controls nearly every rocket launch on Earth. With 98% of global orbital launches under its belt, Elon Musk's company has become the de facto gatekeeper to space. While China is still ...

There have been full scale nuclear thermal rocket engines built and tested on the ground since the 1960s. The US had the NERVA project. The attraction is that the ISP would be up to triple the ISP of ...

A groundbreaking nuclear rocket engine that could completely change how we conduct long distance space missions is now under construction. The Pulsar Fusion rocket could more than halve the time it ...

LONG BEACH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) (“Rocket Lab” or “the Company”), a global leader in launch services and space systems, today announced it has completed the ...

SpaceX owns 98% of global rocket launches, a monopoly with virtually no competition. Only China is competing with Elon Musk at this point in number of launches and, while the country is getting closer ...

Humans have achieved groundbreaking feats in space exploration, reaching distant stretches of space with missions like Voyager 1. However, none of this would have been possible without rockets.

Blue Origin has experienced a setback as it works to produce high-thrust BE-4 rocket engines. While testing a BE-4 engine late last month, the thruster exploded in dramatic fashion. Blue Origin did ...

The previously used Rutherford engine passed qualification tests and is set to make history as the first 3D-printed engine to reach space for a second time. Reading time 3 minutes Reusability is the ...