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 ...

When most people think of rockets, they likely imagine something like SpaceX's Raptor engine, or they might recall the Apollo 11 Saturn V rocket that took astronauts to the Moon. Rockets aren't ...

SpaceX owns 98% of global rocket launches, a monopoly with virtually no competition. Only China is competing with Elon Musk at this point in number of launches and, while the country is getting closer ...

The Earth is much larger than most people realize. You need to use engines if you want to efficiently navigate large sections of the planet. Everything from cars to planes relies on engines, but they ...

The Starship Flight 8 investigation clears the way for Starship Flight 9 on May 27. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. As SpaceX ...

Conceived not long after the first Chevy small blocks hit American streets, the RL10 was the type of rocket engine you could build a space agency around.

At a rocketry club’s monthly launch, some of the projectiles flew as high as 4,500 feet, carrying onboard cameras, GPS trackers and altimeter-activated parachutes. At a rocketry club’s monthly launch, ...