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Equipmake says it’s got the lightest and most power-dense electric motor on the market, and if there’s one place where weight is critical, it’s on a launch pad. The company has developed an ultra-lightweight motor for Australia’s first rocket launch.Co… Continue reading Ultra-light electric motor to feed Australia’s first home-grown rocket
[Joe] at BPS.space has a thing for rockets, and his latest quest is to build a rocket that will cross the Kármán Line and launch into the Final Frontier. And being …read more Continue reading Rocket Mounted 3D Printed Camera Wheel Tries, Succeeds, and Also Fails
When it comes to high-powered rocketry, [BPS.space] has the unique distinction of being the first to propulsively land a solid-fueled model rocket. How could he top that? Well, we’re talking …read more Continue reading Amateur Rocket Aims For the Kármán Line, One Launch At a Time
Texan startup Firefly Aerospace has joined the growing group of orbit-capable space startups, with the successful launch of its Alpha rocket over the weekend. The mission saw a set of satellites deployed into low-Earth orbit and marks a long-awaited st… Continue reading Firefly Aerospace rockets into orbit with successful Alpha launch
Rocket Lab has big aspirations when it comes to reusable launch vehicles, and back in May ticked off a huge achievement, successfully catching its Electron booster as it fell from space. The company has since been busy refurbishing the rocket and has n… Continue reading Rocket Lab’s recycled booster engine fires flawlessly after ocean landing
Rocket Lab has big aspirations when it comes to reusable launch vehicles, and back in May ticked off a huge achievement, successfully catching its Electron booster as it fell from space. The company has since been busy refurbishing the rocket and has n… Continue reading Rocket Lab’s recycled booster engine fires flawlessly after ocean landing
Today’s planned launch of the Artemis 1 mission, which incorporates NASA’s most powerful rocket ever, has been cancelled. According to NASA, there was a problem with the engines which couldn’t be fixed within the two-hour launch window.Continue Reading… Continue reading NASA postpones Artemis 1 launch due to engine trouble
The ripples from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine continue to expand as Northrop Grumman announces that, in partnership with Firefly Aerospace, the war is forcing it to develop a US-designed and manufactured replacement for the first stage of its Antares r… Continue reading Invasion of Ukraine forces Northrop Grumman to seek US rocket alternative
[T-Zero Systems] has been working on his model Falcon 9 rocket for a while now. It’s an impressive model, complete with thrust vectoring, a microcontroller which follows a predetermined flight …read more Continue reading Mini Falcon 9 Uses NASA Software
Every once in a while, we here at Hackaday stumble across something that doesn’t quite fit in with all the other amazing hacks we feature, but still seems like something …read more Continue reading The Dangerously Delightful Homemade Rockets of Thailand