But while 3D-printed engines and carbon composite propellant tanks are pretty much a sure bet for future generations of rockets, Electron’s engine technology might be looking at a much shorter life.

“Things have changed dramatically since the X-33 — we’ve got composite materials that ... initial acceleration without ...

NASA's Near-Earth Asteroid Scout cubesat launched as a rideshare on the Artemis 1 moon mission in November 2022. NEA Scout was supposed to sail its way to an asteroid, but mission team members never ...

Rocket Lab expects the usage of the AFP to save over 150,000 man-hours of construction of the world's largest composite reusable rockets by making them more affordable as well as faster and easier ...

Rocket Lab successfully hot fired Archimedes, the company’s hot fired rocket engine developed for the Neutron medium lift ...

solid rocket motors offer a higher propellant density, meaning you can get more energy into a smaller vehicle. For MESOS, Kip says he used a propellant known as ammonium perchlorate composite ...

A new £15,000,000 NASA spacecraft is tumbling aimlessly through space after hitting a snag in a test flight. Solar sails half ...

On April 23, NASA’s Advanced Composite Solar Sail System ... eliminating the need for conventional rocket propellant.” The ...

S50 solid-propellant rocket motor during the static firing test in Brazil. The test lasted 84 seconds. Both propellant and oxidiser are solids – contained in a carbon-fibre-reinforced composite casing ...

SpaceX has announced the next test flight for its Starship rocket, and it's sooner than you probably expected. The sixth ...

Briz-KM was purpose-built for Rokot, sharing a common design with the core propulsion module of the larger Briz-M that flies on Proton rocket, without the additional propellant drop tank flown on ...