The new test proved the capability of a new propellant that will enhance the rocket's performance, making a sample return mission from Mars increasingly viable.

The rocket, a reaction-propulsion device that carries all of its propellants internally, has been around for almost a millennium since its invention in China. But the twentieth-century saw a ...

Landspace is one of China's earliest commercial rocket companies. Its first launch, with the solid propellant Zhuque-1, failed on its first and only launch in 2018, with the company pivoting to focus ...

The inventor’s handmade tools are now museum artifacts.

The 156-foot-long five-segment solid rocket motor produced upwards of 4 million pounds of thrust during the test.

Solid fuel dates back to fireworks developed by the Chinese centuries ago, but made dramatic progress in the mid-20th century, when the U.S. developed more powerful propellants.

When compared to more simplistic solid-propellant rockets, the higher mass of the Mojave Sphinx puts the maximum altitude of the 96 inch (2.4 meter) long rocket at around 10,000 feet (3 kilometers).

In this same year, he was also granted a patent for a multi-stage rocket fueled with solid "explosive material." He would go on to launch the world's first liquid-fueled rocket in 1926.

CleanJoule, the full performance sustainable aviation fuel company, today announced SpaceSAF™, its newest product that is a drop-in replacement for super refined kerosene fuels used in liquid ...

Other rockets either use exclusively a liquid or solid propellant. For example, the SpaceX Falcon 9 which frequently flies from Cape Canaveral, is powered by liquid propellant − fueled by liquid ...