Safety officials finally have a good idea of what a big rocket explosion can do

Last week’s explosion of a New Glenn rocket at Cape Canaveral, Florida, was clearly a setback for Blue Origin and NASA, but ...

Methane rocket fuel is easier to handle and convenient but, as Blue Origin saw, it can be very explosive

Going straight up is hard. It takes a lot of energy. For those of us who enjoy hiking, cycling or running, hills are the bane ...
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China test fired rocket engines, including a new hydrogen-oxygen engine

The Academy of Aerospace Propulsion Technology in China "conducted tests on four types of engines, including a new ...

Chinese Startup Fires ‘Blazing’ Oxygen-Rich Engine for Deep Space Missions

China’s Mega Engine recently put its Chi engine to the test, firing up the closed-cycle kerosene-liquid oxygen propulsion system for a total of 1,000 seconds across multiple tes ...

Blue Origin says rocket explosion spared fuel tanks and key launch pad parts

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin said Tuesday that last week’s rocket explosion spared fuel tanks and some other critical parts of the ...
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Chinese startup Mega Engine advances reusable staged-combustion rocket engine

Chinese startup Mega Engine advances reusable staged-combustion rocket engine A new Chinese commercial rocket engine startup ...
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Aerojet Rocketdyne RL10: The Small Block V8 of Liquid Rocket Engines

The only people who value ease of maintenance at a cheap cost to manufacture, more than NASA, are people cruising Craigslist and eBay for a low-mileage 350 small-block Chevy motor at three in the ...
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Low-cost hypersonic rocket engine takes flight for US Air Force

The US Air Force is stomping on the accelerator to field advanced hypersonic missiles as the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) and Ursa Major announce the successful completion of a flight test of ...