Modern spaceflight rests on a deceptively simple idea: a machine that carries its own fuel and oxidizer, then hurls exhaust backward fast enough to push itself forward. The person who first turned ...

Conceived not long after the first Chevy small blocks hit American streets, the RL10 was the type of rocket engine you could ...

Signalling the implementation of major aerospace projects in the new year, the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) conducted five rocket engine tests on Thursday in Beijing and ...

When most people think of rockets, they likely imagine something like SpaceX's Raptor engine, or they might recall the Apollo 11 Saturn V rocket that took astronauts to the Moon. Rockets aren't ...