A ‘self-eating’ rocket engine which could place small satellites in orbit more easily and more affordably is under development at universities in Scotland and Ukraine In a paper published in... Read more
SpaceX isn’t the only private company racking up space firsts. Having successfully flown to space and completed a powered landing last November, Blue Origin’s New Shepard booster... Read more
EVERYTHING about space flight is superlative. Even relatively modest rockets are hundreds of feet high. The biggest (the Saturn V, which launched astronauts to the Moon) remains the most pow... Read more
A greener fuel “less toxic than caffeine” could replace NASA’s dangerous hydrazine rocket propellant For decades, NASA has relied on an efficient but highly toxic fuel know... Read more