The Soyuz spacecraft has been a cornerstone of space exploration for decades, serving as the reliable workhorse for ...

As part of a rideshare mission with SpaceX, the Nyx capsule launched from the Vandenberg Space Force Base on June 23rd. The ...

Gerard Baker’s column “Have We Dodged the Tariff Disaster?” (Free Expression, May 6) reminded me of the old joke about a man who jumped without a parachute from a 10-story building. A woman ...

The Gunston School’s Rocketry Team recently concluded its most active and ambitious season yet, with 19 students participating in the 2025 American Rocketry Challenge (ARC)—the nation’s largest middle ...

S tuffed with sensors and entirely 3D printed, Cortex 1 flew well, but the parachute failed to deploy mainly due to an imperfectly bonded assembly. The hatch was recovered, but the rocket was lost.

One just launched the world’s biggest rocket, with mixed success. The other makes small model rockets for hobbyists, and it's stockpiling supplies ahead of Trump's tariffs.

Model Rocket Simulator oriented to the design and tuning of active control systems, be them in the form of TVC, Active Fin Control or just parachute deployment algorithms on passively stable rockets.

To ensure the correct amount of explosives were used in compliance with safety requirements and to generate the necessary pressure to deploy the parachute, UCL Rocket conducted three successful ground ...

Storm chasers get up close and personal with an EF4 tornado, firing a rocket into the vortex to gain insight into its elusive nature.

It took SpaceX years to successfully pull off the first vertical landing for its reusable Falcon 9 rocket. Since then, model rocket designers have attempted to recreate the feat—with Joe Barnard ...

On May 19, during its first crewed flight in two years, one of the parachutes on the New Shepard capsule failed to fully inflate, prompting an investigation.