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The lightweight aluminum engine nozzle is designed with small internal channels to keep it from melting during liftoff.

An in-house source of solid-fuel engines might help boost Ukraine’s supply of the punishing artillery system.

A new day is dawning in Zebrica, and as the curtains are drawn back on the orchestra, the conductor raises her baton and a single hopeful note breaks a century of silence. For the first time in a hundred years, the kirin of the Realm have the chance...

(1) BIGGER ON THE INSIDE. If you can’t get somebody to give you this as a gift over the coming holidays you’ll have to buy it yourself. Because how could you not own it? “Doctor Who: Limited Edition Complete New Who Blu-ray Set Is Up for Preorder” at IGN. There’s a hell of a lot

The Slow Mo Guys recently used their high-tech camera to capture the awesome power of a rocket engine test, and the results are astonishing.

Ponder humanity’s spacefaring future from the safety of your computer screen.

A four-year-old Seattle-area startup called Stoke Space executed a successful up-and-down test of its “Hopper” developmental rocket vehicle today, marking a major milestone in its quest to create a fully reusable launch system. Hopper2’s 15-second flight took place at Stoke’s test facility at Grant County International Airport in Moses Lake, Wash., at 11:24 a.m. PT. A hydrogen-fueled rocket engine sent the test vehicle to a height of 30 feet, with a landing 15 feet aw...

This splits water into hydrogen and oxygen, eliminating the need for bulky fuel tanks. Imperial College London researchers have created a tiny rocket engine for small satellites.

Europe's next-generation heavy-lift rocket just took a big step towards its first, much-awaited launch thanks to a successful hot fire of its Vulcain 2.1 engine.

TUKWILA, Wash. — Thirty years after the first flight of a pioneering reusable rocket ship known as the Delta Clipper Experimental, or DC-X, a commercial venture is aiming to bring its legacy to life in the Seattle area. Even its name — New Frontier Aerospace — is a callback to the earlier days of America’s space effort, going back to John F. Kennedy references to outer space as part of his “New Frontier.” “We’re sort of like the grandson of...