TOKYO (AP) — The engine for a new flagship small Japanese rocket burst into flames Tuesday during a combustion test, causing no injury or damage to the outside but destroying the engine and ...

If Rocket Lab is right, and there’s a huge market for lightweight payloads, then we may see other small rockets adopt a similar engine. But if the market is content getting to space in the ...

closely held private firm that makes small rocket engines and rocket systems. How small? Small enough to fit in a backpack: Estes is a storied company dating back to the 1950s, known for its model ...

The current engine is quite small, but still fueled just like any other proper rocket engine that makes it into Earth orbit. The fuel is propane, the oxidizer is NO2, and the entire device is ...

and rocket engines from small thrusters to a gigantic F-1 motor from the Saturn V Moon rocket. National Air and Space Museum Rocket, Liquid Fuel, R.H. Goddard 1935, A-Series National Air and Space ...

Rocket technology predates space exploration ... which use an electric charge to accelerate ions out of the engine. This produces a small but continuous thrust that can get a probe moving quite ...