For liquid rocket engines things rapidly get more complicated, with hypergolic propellants such as hydrazine being the easiest and self-igniting.

Scientists and engineers are diligently working on innovative concepts to make the next era of human spaceflight more powerful and more efficient using nuclear propulsion. One of these designs, known ...

New Frontier Aerospace (NFA) on Monday said it has completed a series of successful hot fire tests of its additively ...

Concordia University’s rocketry club is aiming high with the launch of Starsailor — a rocket powered by the toil and dreams ...

There’s a new liquid rocket on the launchpad, and it’s definitely not like the rockets of days past. It’s called a rotating detonation engine, or RDE, and those detonations are what make it ...

Rocket engine manufacturer Ursa Major is accelerating the development of its Draper engine. The startup is collaborating with ...