SpaceX's Starship exploded mid-flight during its eighth test, prompting an FAA-mandated investigation as the company analyzes the cause.

China says it fired up the world’s largest single-segment solid-fuel rocket engine for the first time, at a ground testing facility in the country’s northwest on Tuesday. The rocket’s 3.5 ...

China on Friday conducted a successful trial run of a super heavy-lift rocket engine that quadruples its current power and would place it among the world’s most powerful liquid fuel engines ...

The slowed-down video shows the rocket’s 33 Raptor engines firing up as the enormous 120-meter-tall vehicle leaves the launchpad. With the rocket pumping out a colossal 17 million pounds of ...

While this latest test doesn’t make nuclear-powered rocket engines viable just yet, it’s an important step on the journey. This latest batch of tests was conducted at the compact fuel element ...

Photo: Stoke Space The first stage of the rocket is designed to use seven liquefied natural gas (LNG) - liquid oxygen (LOX) engines, and to return back to the launch pad after helping its cargo ...

Something to look forward to: Scientists have created a laboratory prototype of a plasma electric rocket engine that could revolutionize space travel. Based on a magnetic plasma accelerator ...

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