NASA is getting ready to launch its massive, fully expendable rocket for the first crewed flight to the Moon since Apollo.

For centuries, rocket engines evolved alongside war, science, and human ambition. From primitive gunpowder weapons to the engines that carried astronauts to the Moon, progress was driven by necessity ...

The history of the rocket stretches back far longer than most people realize. Long before spaceflight, early civilizations ...

The rise of the commercial space industry precipitated a steeper decline at Rocketdyne. Boeing sold the Rocketdyne division to Pratt & Whitney in 2005 for $700 million, or approximately $1.2 billion ...

Japan’s H3 rocket suffered engine trouble on December 22, 2025, and failed to place a Japanese navigation satellite into ...

The Earth is much larger than most people realize. You need to use engines if you want to efficiently navigate large sections of the planet. Everything from cars to planes relies on engines, but they ...

SpaceX currently controls nearly every rocket launch on Earth. With 98% of global orbital launches under its belt, Elon Musk's company has become the de facto gatekeeper to space. While China is still ...

The only people who value ease of maintenance at a cheap cost to manufacture, more than NASA, are people cruising Craigslist and eBay for a low-mileage 350 small-block Chevy motor at three in the ...

Using supersonic shockwaves for combustion, the groundbreaking design could allow aircraft to travel up to six times the speed of sound. Reading time: Reading time 4 minutes Venus Aerospace is a ...

The first Australian-built rocket to attempt orbit lifted off from Queensland in a blaze of optimism, then slammed back into scrubland seconds later, turning a long-awaited milestone into a sobering ...