The rocket engines that powered earlier missions couldn’t meet the demands of modern spaceflight. Failures, near-misses, and structural fatigue pushed NASA toward a complete redesign. Reinventing the ...

Let's define "small-block" so no one will get mad (people will still get mad). General Motors may call the Gen-III to Gen-V LS and LT V8s "small-blocks" in marketing materials, but even Chevrolet's ...

Blue Origin has test fired its New Glenn rocket engine as it makes final preparations for the launch of NASA’s ESCAPADE mission involving twin Mars orbiters. The static test fire of the heavy-lift ...

A rocket engine testing facility by Agile Space Industries is set to open in Tulsa by 2027, attracting space companies and creating job opportunities. TULSA, Okla. - We’re learning more about a rocket ...

A HYPERSONIC MISSILE FACILITY COULD BE COMING TO RIO RANCHO. REPORTER ALYSSA MUNOZ WENT TO THEIR MEETING TO LEARN MORE. WELL, THE COMPANY SAYS THERE ARE MANY REASONS WHY THEY’RE LOOKING AT RIO RANCHO.

In the relentless quest to make journeys to Mars shorter and safer, Russian scientists have recently turned heads with a bold claim: A plasma-based propulsion system could cut the Earth–Mars transit ...

Venus Aerospace has made the most efficient rocket engines ever flown. They will go from runway to mach 9 hypersonic speed. The Venus Aerospace Stargazer M4 is designed to reach a top speed of Mach 9, ...

Colorado-based engine maker Ursa Major has secured an order for its developmental Draper rocket powerplant. The propulsion start-up on 17 September said it had received a $35 million contract from an ...

Essentially, a nuclear rocket engine is a reactor that has hydrogen running through it as a propellant, which is heated to an astonishing 3,000 K (2,727 °C, 4,940 °F), giving it almost twice the ...

In automotive nomenclature, small-block V8 engines are typically physically smaller than their big-block counterparts, hence the nickname. With some exceptions, the piston bores, stroke, cylinder head ...

Rocket Lab is signaling to investors, yet again, that it’s more than “just” a rocket company. Rocket Lab’s second-quarter results, which were posted Thursday, show revenues continue to be driven by ...