The 156-foot-long five-segment solid rocket motor produced upwards of 4 million pounds of thrust during the test.

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.

An upgraded version of one of the solid rocket boosters being used for NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) experienced an ...

It may be tough to believe, but solid propellants have been used in rockets since at least the 13th century, beginning with the Chinese. Now, Purdue University researchers are exploring several ...

Lluberes said 90 percent of the model-rocket motors sold in the United States are exempt from the regulations because they use less than 62.5 grams of ammonium perchlorate composite propellant ...

While the fate of NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket hangs in the balance, the agency is pushing ahead with tests of new ...

Rocket Lab finally pulled ... The 131-foot rocket will be made out of a special carbon composite, much like its sibling rocket, ... So the focus on structure means using less propellant on ...

Unlike a traditional composite propellant, which mechanically mixes a fuel and. Los Alamos National Laboratory has a radical new solid propellent for cubesats. ... the propellant offers safe ...

The Shuttle SRB propellant was about 70% AP, 16% aluminum, a trace of red iron oxide, 12% PBAN (polybutadiene acrylic acid acrylonitrile), and 2% epoxy curing agent (I think that was Dow’s ...

TITUSVILLE — It was supposed to target terrorism, not toy rockets. But enthusiasts who build and launch model rockets say a provision in the Homeland Security Act threatens to ground a hobby … ...