When Rocket Lab unveiled the Rutherford engine at the 31st Space Symposium in Colorado, it looked like any other space engine. It wasn’t. Rocket Lab manufactured the Rutherford via additive ...

A second-stage rocket nozzle extension would be fixed and is intended to improve performance and reduce costs. Credit: Firefly The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) has awarded Firefly ...

Built with lightweight composite material, nozzle extensions will lower costs, improve performance, and accelerate rocket engine production CEDAR PARK, Texas, April 23, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE ...

As the landers touch down and lift off from the moon, rocket exhaust plumes will affect the top layer of lunar "soil," called regolith, on the moon. When the lander's engines ignite to decelerate ...

“The technology we developed with NASA’s support will now be part of our integrated engine platform —bringing us one step closer to proving that efficient, compact and affordable hypersonic flight can ...

Like the Talon-A, the X-15 released from a carrier jet and ignited a rocket engine to soar into the uppermost layers of the atmosphere. But the X-15 had a pilot in command, while the Talon-A flies ...

“We got our start by building these hybrid rocket engines, which are half-solid, half-liquid” fuel, he said, explaining that these depend on nitrous oxide, which reacts with the fuel, enabling ...

While these plumes are typically seen near launch sites, they can be visible elsewhere, too. Sometimes rocket engines are ignited after reaching an initial orbit to boost satellites to higher orbits, ...

including carbon fiber composite structures and 3D printed rocket engines, but has a modified upper Kick Stage tailored for hypersonic technology tests and a larger payload capacity of up to 700 kg / ...

the Blitz on London with nightly air raids over five months and later the doodlebug flying bombs and V2 rockets devastating cities. Today’s parade marked that day in May 1945 when the war ...