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

A rocket is essentially a controlled explosion—when it works ... have swapped to more efficient, low-thrust forms of propulsion like the ion engine. For instance, NASA's recent Dawn mission ...

BEIJING -- Delivery of China's liquid oxygen kerosene engine, named Liqing-2, has been completed, its developer CAS Space ...

PARIS—France plans to demonstrate a higher-thrust rocket engine roughly on par with SpaceX's Raptor and Blue Origin’s BE-4 to avoid Europe falling further behind in the space race. Demand for ...

This was a significant step in the early days of space exploration, as it involved the development of a 1.5-million-pound thrust rocket engine to power a future large space booster. Multimedia ...

and Huntsville, Ala. The engines are the BE-3PM, BE-3U, BE-4 and BE-7. Each rocket has a different function: (Photo: Blue Origin New Glenn) The BE-3PM is designed to thrust the rocket up but also ...

Blue Origin successfully launched the rocket after an attempt earlier ... Liftoff. All seven engines at full thrust. One minute into flight. Now passing one minute 30 seconds into flight.

The seventh test of SpaceX's huge Starship rocket was nothing short of exhilarating, with a fiery explosion and a successful booster catch.

But then, the New Glenn rocket didn't move. And still, the engines produced their blue flame, furiously burning away methane. The thrust-to-weight ratio of the rocket must have been in the ...