The first of two vessels carrying 1,000 tons of a Chinese-made chemical that could be a key component in fuel for Iran’s ...

On February 13, 2012, the European Space Agency launched its brand-new Vega rocket on its maiden voyage. For its debut, the Vega rocket launched nine small satellites into Earth's orbit. It lifted off ...

While the 1950s was a time of truly unusual and fast-paced innovation in military aerospace, one of the more bizarre projects ...

North Korea may be poised to move into production its intercontinental ballistic missiles capable of reaching the US, the ...

A Chinese commercial space launch company is continuing its success with a small solid rocket ahead of a more ambitious launch later this year.

Iran has suffered some setbacks in manufacturing missile propellants in the ... used for the solid rocket fuel. Solid rockets can be launched faster than liquid-fueled rockets.

Another promising development is the exploration of hydrogen peroxide as an oxidizer in solid rocket propellants. Traditionally, hydrogen peroxide has been limited to liquid propellants ...

Missiles with built-in solid propellants are easier to move and hide and can be launched more quickly than liquid-propellant weapons. Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani told reporters the ...

The Ceres-1 four-stage solid propellant rocket lifted off at ... The company also plans to launch its first, more complex liquid propellant launch vehicle later this year. The Pallas-1 rocket ...

China's decision to export missile propellant to Iran is a “clear ... which contained the planetary mixers for turning liquid fuel into solid fuel, and which was also mated warheads to missiles ...

Five hundred years after the Spanish explorers, billionaires' dreams of new riches and discovery launched from near Canaveral ...