In the ’60s, rocket engine design and manufacturing company Rocketdyne had tried to make the J-2T Aerospike, a toroidal aerospike concept intended as an improvement over the Rocketdyne J-2 engine for ...

We are fascinated by the hybrid rocket engine which [Ben Krasnow] built and ... That is not the case with this design. The acrylic is actually burning, but if the flow of oxygen is cut off it ...

SpaceX has offered holiday greetings via a spot of synchronized rocket-engine nozzle steering. The quirky 65-second video — which includes the message: “Wishing you a warm holiday season and a ...

However, thanks to the modular design of the test engine, only the small nozzle section had to be reprinted ... as a torch igniter for a much larger rocket engine. Fuel is injected into the ...

When mixed together, these two ignite, which results in propellant exiting the nozzle very quickly to propel the rocket ...