This article was originally published with the title “ Liquid-Propellant Rocket Development ” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 155 No. 2 (August 1936), p. 78 doi:10.1038 ...

The rest of the 400 landings have come courtesy of SpaceX's powerful Falcon Heavy, whose first stage consists of three ...

History buffs may know that, more than a decade before Germany got serious with their rocket development, Robert Goddard had already launched several (albeit small) liquid fueled rockets ...

The sonic booms associated with that maneuver could raise new environmental concerns for a rocket development program already mired in them. Sonic boom-related issues may include potential hearing ...

“We have in our solid propulsion design and production activities a long history of designing ... to the ground testing and development arena for NGL as the rocket’s segmented SRB stages ...

Following in the footsteps of Aristotle and Galileo, NASA scientists look to take the next step in understanding auroras.

Blue Origin formally announced the development of New Glenn — which aims to outpower SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rockets and haul spacecraft up to 45 metric tons (99,200 pounds) to orbit — in 2016.

Lumbering off the launch pad from a billowing fiery cloud, Blue Origin's mighty 321-foot-tall New Glenn rocket hurtled into ...

The national space program is also experiencing headwinds, with the development of its small-scale Epsilon rocket facing significant delays. Despite a global surging demand for launch services ...

Blue Origin has also branded itself as a company that aims to take a slow, diligent approach to rocket development that doesn’t “cut any corners,” according to Bezos, who founded Blue Origin ...