Two hobbyists show how they can pull off SpaceX’s trick at a smaller scale with custom hardware and a few years of effort. Two hobbyists show how they can pull off SpaceX’s trick at a smaller scale ...

When building a model rocket, it can be fun to get into the maths of it all—calculating the expected performance of your build, and then seeing how it measures up in the real world. To aid in that ...

Virgin Galactic plans long-duration hot-fire ground tests of its 47,500-lb.-thrust NewtonTwo kerosene-fueled rocket engine “in the coming months,” following a full-mission duty cycle test of this ...

A hot-fire test of Rocket Lab’s Archimedes engine, to be used on its Neutron rocket. Credit: Rocket Lab LOS ANGELES — Rocket Lab has fired its Archimedes engine for the first time, a key step in its ...

SpaceX's Starship rocket experienced a major explosion during a static fire test, delaying its 10th test flight. This is the latest in a series of setbacks for Starship, with previous test flights ...