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.

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 ...

Welcome to Edition 8.02 of the Rocket Report! It's worth taking a moment to recognize an important anniversary in the history ...

The inventor’s handmade tools are now museum artifacts.

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 ...

Solid-propellant rockets are easier to design and make than liquid-fuel rockets, but have a smaller capacity and so cannot launch large satellites or deploy spacecraft to high orbits.

Switching from solid propellants to liquid ones presented Goddard with a pressing set of challenges, including how to transport liquid propellants, which, unlike solid propellants, need to be added ...

New Delhi: India's Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has developed a 10-tonne propellant mixer for solid motors. This mixer was created at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SHAR), ISRO, located in ...

ISRO has crossed another milestone in space technology with the successful development of a 10-tonne Vertical Planetary Mixer — the world’s largest of its kind for solid propellants. Built in ...

ISRO on Friday said it has developed and realised the ten-tonne propellant mixer for solid motors. Solid propulsion plays a crucial role in Indian Space Transportation Systems and vertical mixer ...

ISRO has developed a 10-tonne Vertical Planetary Mixer, the largest of its kind, for solid propellant production, enhancing productivity and quality ...

Anduril is developing the Alitec solid rocket propellant to enhance tactical missile performance. Above, Anduril test-fires its Denali 18 inch hypersonic rocket booster at its McHenry, Mississippi ...