The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory achieved a significant propulsion milestone when a Draper rocket engine reached supersonic flight conditions during a controlled test. The trial, conducted at ...

Reusable rockets and SpaceX rocket technology cut launch costs dramatically, using Falcon 9 landings and Starship reusability to transform the modern space industry.

One hundred years ago yesterday, Robert H. Goddard ignited a small rocket fueled by gasoline and liquid oxygen on a frozen farm in Auburn, Massachusetts. That flight lasted roughly 2.5 seconds. Today, ...

When most people think of rockets, they likely imagine something like SpaceX's Raptor engine, or they might recall the Apollo 11 Saturn V rocket that took astronauts to the Moon. Rockets aren't ...

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 ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon will need to buy up to 18 more Russian-built RD-180 engines to power rockets carrying U.S. military satellites into space over the next six years or so, Deputy ...

A new type of rocket engine, one that could power a plane from Los Angeles to Tokyo in just two hours, has eluded scientists for decades. Houston’s Venus Aerospace says it recently solved the puzzle.