How to build a transparent hybrid rocket engine using acrylic rod and a canister of oxygen, with a breakdown of how various other types of rocket engines work along the way. Consider supporting my ...

Rocket Lab, the global leader in dedicated small satellite launch, is celebrating completion of the company’s 100th Rutherford engine. Rocket Lab began development on the world’s first 3D printed, ...

Landing a real rocket with propulsion is an incredibly complex task that took years to perfect; only recently did it cross into the realm of actual practicality. Joe Barnard, creator of the Youtube ...

Aerospike rocket engines are the stuff of legend in the space industry. Conceived in the 1960s, their unique spiked-nozzle design promises better efficiency, reusability, and performance at all ...

Earlier this year, NASA and DARPA announced the goal to field a nuclear fission-powered spacecraft capable of ferrying human crews from Earth to Mars expediently sometime before this decade is out. If ...

From the book LIFTOFF: ELON MUSK AND THE DESPERATE EARLY DAYS THAT LAUNCHED SPACEX by Eric Berger. Copyright © 2021 by Eric Berger. Published on 3/2/2021 by William ...

For the first time, scientists have tested an experimental rocket engine that they say could change the way we launch spacecraft. The engine, called a rotating detonation rocket engine, propels itself ...