Description: Project BLERP aims to design and construct a reusable liquid rocket engine and launch stand that can be re-used and studied by future students at University of Colorado Boulder. The goal ...

When building a model rocket, it can be fun to get into the maths of it all—calculating the expected performance of your build, and then seeing how it measures up in the real world. To aid in that ...

With an avalanche of private space companies upon us, the number of engines meant to carry rockets and their cargo into space has grown rapidly over the past few years. This world is now dominated by ...

Researchers have reported new progress in developing a liquid uranium-fueled rocket engine, a Centrifugal Nuclear Thermal Rocket (CNTR). “The Centrifugal Nuclear Thermal Rocket (CNTR) is a Nuclear ...

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp (CASC) has achieved a major milestone in space exploration with the successful completion of ground tests for its 130-ton reusable liquid oxygen kerosene ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. The Merlin 1D engine, with up to ...

The newly tested engines could power a variety of space projects. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. China's state-owned main space ...

Engineers from Ohio State University are developing a new way to power rocket engines, using liquid uranium for a faster, more efficient form of nuclear propulsion that could deliver round trips to ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Shown here is the larger chamber of a ...

Rocket technology predates space exploration by almost a thousand years, and although today's computerized multi-ton launch vehicles are a lot more capable than 11th-century gunpowder-assisted arrows, ...