China has been actively developing space propulsion technology in recent years, and the latest achievement is successful ground ignition tests of a 130-tonne liquid oxygen and kerosene engine that ...

The main distinction between solid-powered rockets and liquid rocketry is that in solid rockets, the fuel and oxygen are in solid form and are already mixed. In liquid rocketry, the liquid fuel and ...

Model rocket enthusiasts are learning how to do vertical landings Two hobbyists show how they can pull off SpaceX’s trick at a smaller scale with custom hardware and a few years of effort.

Rockets are conceptually rather simple: you put the pointy bit upwards and make sure that the bit that will go flamey points downwards before starting the engine(s). Yet how to start each rocket en… ...

Born into this world as America's first liquid hydrogen rocket engine, it was continuously improved, and it will continue to be so for many years to come. The newest iteration of the powerplant?

China has completed a key propulsion system test for its new medium-lift launch vehicle, Kinetica-2, marking a significant step toward the rocket’s first flight and the debut of the country’s ...

Omspace is developing a reusable small satellite launch vehicle designed to carry about 350 kilograms of payload to Low Earth Orbit.

Punch in the details for a small 1-inch diameter rocket with an A8-5 engine, and you’ll find it won’t go very high or very far, and the calculator bears that out.

Project Topic: Bi-propellant Liquid Rocket Engine Motor Description: Project BLERP aims to design and construct a reusable liquid rocket engine and launch stand that can be re-used and studied by ...

The Project Liquid Team at the Yale Undergraduate Aerospace Association conducted the first test of their liquid rocket engine on April 2. Whereas before, only select systems of the engine were ...

Summary This is the H-1 liquid-fuel rocket engine built by the Rocketdyne Division of Rockwell International, the first stage powerplant for the Saturn 1 and Saturn 1B launch vehicles that were ...

This is a J-2 liquid propellant rocket engine that uses liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen. It was the powerplant for the second and third stages of the Project Apollo Saturn V launch vehicle which ...