How do you control a nuclear space propulsion system? Very carefully. To help with this, the Oak Ridge National Laboratory ...

Whether in the real world, depicted in cartoons, or in a hobbyist's back yard, rockets always seem to have fins. Or if not fins, at least some other kind of protrusions along the outside -- they're ...

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When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Houston-based startup Venus Aerospace has completed the first-ever test flight of a rotating ...

NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) is ready to fly with its four shuttle-era engines. The rocket, outfitted with the RS-25 engines, recently passed a critical milestone that put the integrated system to ...

A US-based propulsion company, Venus Aerospace, said Wednesday it had completed a short flight test of its rotating detonation rocket engine at Spaceport America in New Mexico. The company's chief ...

SpaceX wants to put the two-stage rocket's massive booster through its paces. On Sunday, it postponed the launch "to ...