The company’s model rockets range in size from six inches to two feet tall. Some are replicas of iconic vehicles like the space shuttle and Apollo 11’s Saturn V. Estes manufactures the ...

A laboratory prototype of a plasma electric rocket engine based on a magnetic plasma accelerator has been produced by Rosatom ...

Welcome to Edition 7.30 of the Rocket Report! The US government relies on SpaceX for a lot of missions. These include ...

Defense technology contractor Anduril Industries has secured a $14.3 million Pentagon contract to expand solid-fueled rocket motor production, as the US Department of Defense moves to strengthen ...

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Rob Dahm is refining the unique 15.7-liter Y12 rotary engine, originally designed by Tyson Garvin as a twelve-rotor ...

This engine is unique and can generate 110,000 Ibf (490 kN) but then thrust down to 20,000 (90 kN) when landing. “The BE-3PM was the first new liquid hydrogen-fueled rocket engine to be ...

and a previous launch was abandoned when unwanted ice formed in some of the rocket engine pipes. Around 13 minutes after liftoff, the rocket’s second stage reached orbit, which has been a goal ...

But the company failed to land New Glenn's main rocket engine, or booster, onto a platform in the Atlantic Ocean. It had hoped that the booster would be reusable for future launches but after ...

A company behind a rocket engine which exploded during a test at the UK's new spaceport in Shetland could still be the first in Europe to carry out vertical launches into orbit. German firm Rocket ...

The Sea Dragon, a 490-foot behemoth, would have been built of inexpensive steel and launched from the sea, minimizing ground infrastructure.

(Blue Origin Image) Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture says it’s delaying the first-ever launch of its orbital-class New Glenn rocket due to unfavorable weather conditions for landing the ...