An anomaly that occurred during the sixth launch of a Firefly Aerospace Alpha rocket caused the loss of the engine nozzle on the second stage’s Lightning engine less than three minutes into the ...

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DENVER, March 12, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) and Ursa Major recently executed a flight of the Affordable Rapid Missile Demonstrator (ARMD) powered by the Draper ...

Yogscast Games and Little Big Ears have released a brand-new demo for their upcoming space rocket management roguelite game, ...

A SpaceX launch has a familiar outline. The rocket lifts off, its stages separate, ...

Japan is off to a shaky start in its efforts to break into the space rocket market dominated by Elon Musk’s SpaceX. By River Akira Davis and Hisako Ueno Reporting from Tokyo Japan halted an engine ...

Aerospike rocket engines are the stuff of legend in the space industry. Conceived in the 1960s, their unique spiked-nozzle design promises better efficiency, reusability, and performance at all ...

A US-based propulsion company has successfully launched and flown a new rocket powered by a unique rotating detonation engine. Although relatively small by rocket standards, the test could pave the ...

The European Space Agency (ESA) and ArianeGroup are looking to advance work on a hydrogen peroxide and ethanol rocket engine that would be more sustainable than those using current propellants.

A new type of rocket engine, one that could power a plane from Los Angeles to Tokyo in just two hours, has eluded scientists for decades. Houston’s Venus Aerospace says it recently solved the puzzle.