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The previously used Rutherford engine passed qualification tests and is set to make history as the first 3D-printed engine to reach space for a second time. reading time 3 minutes Reusability is the ...

New Zealand-based Rocket Lab has built a rocket engine that's not only 3D-printed -- it uses electric motors to drive the turbopumps. Michelle Starr Science editor Michelle Starr is CNET's science ...

You’re exploring for precious metals on the moon but your lander’s engine needs a replacement part and that’s making it a little hard to concentrate. So, you do what anyone would do in the ...

Relativity Space launched the world's 3D printed rocket on March 22, 2023. Though the rocket failed to reach orbit, it did pass some important milestones on its maiden voyage. "It was, at least from ...

Private space company Launcher demonstrated its E-2 rocket engine's capabilities on April 21st, 2022. The E-2 is a "closed cycle 3D-printed, high-performance liquid rocket engine" that Launcher has ...

3D printing rocket engines? It seems like these days you can 3D print just about anything. We’ve talked about 3D printed next-gen perovskite solar panels, houses, and the development of advanced ...

The unprecedented development of the space industry means not only that more and more aerospace companies are trying to make satellite launches affordable and effective but also that new launch ...

It's a pretty exciting time to be a space nerd right now. Agencies around the world recently came together to launch the most advanced telescope ever into orbit, startups are promising increasingly ...

BERTHOUD, Colo. (CBS Newspath/KCNC/WKRC) - When people think of building rocket engines, they probably think of the teams of scientists who spend hours, days, even years tediously pouring over every ...

We average Joes might bask in the knowledge that our species is fairly advanced from a technological standpoint, and more than able to study the space surrounding our planet. But engineers working in ...