Alliant Techsystems recently demonstrated a critical capability of its liquid oxygen (LOX)/Methane rocket engine by igniting it in a vacuum chamber. The successful ignition test was designed to ...

SpaceX’s Raptor engine and Blue Origin’s BE-4 engine are two key innovations in rocket propulsion, each with its unique design and performance characteristics. While the Raptor engine leverages ...

ArianeGroup has successfully carried out the first ignition campaign of the reusable Prometheus® engine on the reusable Themis rocket core stage demonstrator – a key step in providing Europe with the ...

Blue Origin, the space company founded by billionaire Jeff Bezos, has launched its New Glenn rocket on its first mission. The ...

In preparation of landing humans on the Moon as part of the ongoing Artemis program, SpaceX recently ran a test of one of its lunar lander engines while simulating the cold temperatures of space. The ...

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Four years from now, if all goes well, a nuclear-powered rocket engine will launch into space for the first time. The rocket itself will be conventional, but the payload boosted into orbit will be a ...

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WHNT) — Parts of Huntsville are headed into space, but this time, the parts are reusable. According to the Blue Origin website, the engines of the Blue Origin New Glenn reusable ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — What do spaceships, strawberries and vaccines have in common? More than you might think. The short answer is that Purdue University engineer Alina Alexeenko is tinkering with ...

It's clear that with SpaceX, Elon Musk wants to push the boundaries of space travel, even if every project isn't a success. Despite scrapping 100 Starlink satellites, there are plenty of important ...