Rocket technology predates space exploration by almost a thousand years, and although today's computerized multi-ton launch vehicles are a lot more capable than 11th-century gunpowder-assisted arrows, ...

In June 1944, the German V-2 rocket became the first object to ever reach space. Over the last eight decades, humans have experimented with several different designs to get stuff into orbit and launch ...

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. Rockets, unlike aeroplane jet engines, are designed to operate in space. [iStockphoto ...

How to build a transparent hybrid rocket engine using acrylic rod and a canister of oxygen, with a breakdown of how various other types of rocket engines work along the way. Consider supporting my ...

Interstellar Technologies' Zero rocket will use methane collected from cow manure. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A Japanese ...

A self-eating rocket would completely consume itself in flight and leave no debris behind. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.

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 ...

There has never been anything like the Saturn V, the launch vehicle that powered the United States past the Soviet Union to a series of manned lunar landings in the late 1960s and early 1970s. The ...

If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. A groundbreaking nuclear rocket engine that could completely change how we conduct long ...