How was the rocket that launched the Curiosity Rover to Mars different from the one that took Neil Armstrong to the moon? Join Dr. Larry de Quay of NASA as he explains the physics and chemical ...

The chemical reaction taking place in most rockets has the same constituent elements as a fire—there's fuel, an oxidizer, and an ignition source. The problem with traveling high into the ...

"It shouldn't be a surprise or anything — one of the principles of warfare is maneuver." American researchers aim for nuclear ...

But these rockets must carry oxygen with them into space, which can weigh them down. Unlike chemical propulsion systems, nuclear thermal propulsion systems rely on nuclear fission reactions to ...

This relatively long transit time is a result of the use of traditional chemical rocket fuel. An alternative technology to the chemically propelled rockets the agency develops now is called nuclear ...

Offering Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) firepower on a wheeled chassis, the High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) is the newest member of the MLRS launcher family. HIMARS carries a ...

It will be the first to bring fast chemical rockets together with efficient electric propulsion powered by a nuclear microreactor. The newly formed Space Power and Propulsion for Agility ...

(NEXSTAR) — A chemical used in rocket fuel, fireworks, and airbags has been detected in various supermarket and fast food ...

This relatively long transit time is a result of the use of traditional chemical rocket fuel. An alternative technology to the chemically propelled rockets the agency develops now is called ...

Thousands of bottles of a common antidepressant have been pulled from shelves after they were found to contain a cancer-causing chemical ... used in pesticides and rocket fuel.