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NASA is launching a suborbital sounding rocket to study how radio waves escaping the Earth’s ionosphere may be affecting orbital satellites. Scheduled for launch from the Wallops Island Flight Facility on May 26, the VLF trans-Ionospheric Propagation E… Continue reading NASA rocket to study effects of fugitive radio waves in space
Startup Rocket Lab has suffered a setback during the 20th outing of its Electron booster, with the rocket experiencing an issue in flight and losing its payload along the way. The mission wasn’t a complete failure, however, with the company managing to… Continue reading Rocket Lab salvages first stage after Electron booster fails in flight
[Integza] has worked hard over the last year, crafting a variety of types of rocket and jet engine, primarily using 3D printed parts. Due to the weaknesses of plastic, all …read more Continue reading Hybrid Rocket Engine Combines Ceramic Aerospike With 3D Printed Fuel
Startup Rocket Lab is pressing ahead with its ambitions to turn its Electron booster into a reusable orbital launch vehicle, with plans to recover the rocket’s first stage for a second time this weekend. The upcoming mission will see the rocket splash … Continue reading Rocket Lab to test advanced heat shield for Electron booster recovery
Following a series of impressive yet explosive attempts to bring down its giant spaceship built for interplanetary travel, SpaceX has today successfully landed its Starship prototype without exploding for the first time. The achievement is a major one … Continue reading SpaceX successfully lands its massive Starship for the first time
On April 28th, China successfully put the core module of their Tianhe space station into orbit with the latest version of the Long March 5B heavy-lift booster. This rocket, designed …read more Continue reading Look Out Below! China’s Heavy-Lift Rocket Due for Uncontrolled Reentry Within Days
Liquid fuelled engines are throttleable and monstrously powerful, but highly complex. Meanwhile, solid rocket engines are simple and cheap, but once you light them, they’re going full-bore until burnout. Hybrid …read more Continue reading An Attempt At 3D Printing A Hybrid Rocket Engine
DARPA’s nuclear space rocket project is progressing, with contracts awarded to General Atomics, Blue Origin, and Lockheed Martin for the first phase of the agency’s Demonstration Rocket for Agile Cislunar Operations (DRACO) program. The goal is to plac… Continue reading DARPA awards contracts for orbital nuclear propulsion demonstrator
Rocket engines are known for one thing above all else, and that’s getting hot. It’s this very property that makes them such a challenge to build and run from a …read more Continue reading 3D Printed Vortex Cooled Rocket Needs To Stop Leaking
NASA finally got the core stage of its Space Launch System (SLS) rocket up and running for the first time today, completing an eight-minute hot-fire test of its four RS025 engines at the space agency’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississip… Continue reading NASA’s SLS rocket engine completes successful hot-fire test