A former NASA engineer claims a new engine can beat gravity without fuel. Is it a breakthrough or just a classic physics trap ...
Discovering a machine that could somehow produce thrust without releasing propellant would be a game-changer for human space travel. There’s just one problem—such a device would defy the laws of ...
NASA’s Space Launch System rocket will have more than 8 million pounds of thrust, equal to the horsepower produced in 160,000 Corvette engines, and launch 70 metric tons into space. And that’s just ...
Tom Mueller built the rocket engines that gave Elon Musk outer space. Now, he's racing to create a fleet of cabs for the ...
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India advances hybrid and electric rocket propulsion

The Indian Space Research Organisation has initiated a major propulsion technology program in collaboration with Hindustan Aeronautics Limited and the National Aerospace Laboratories. This tri-agency ...
John Bucknell was Senior Propulsion Engineer for the Raptor full-flow staged combustion methalox rocket at Spacex and is currently the Senior Propulsion Scientist for Divergent3D in Torrance, CA ...
Space startup General Galactic aims to fly a satellite using only water for in-orbit propellant. The 1,100-pound satellite could validate two separate methods for water propulsion when it flies to ...
A ground-breaking Solar Electric Propulsion System (SEPS) developed and manufactured by an industrial consortium led by British company QinetiQ, will provide the engine power behind the BepiColombo ...
How did you get your job? I was offered my position at the BEYA (Black Engineer of the Year Awards) Conference. What was your greatest fear going into your first job and how did you face it or ...
Airbus Urban Mobility (AUM) aims at laying the foundation for more efficient and sustainable city travel. To co-create an entire industry from scratch, we will develop cutting-edge technical solutions ...
Caption: Exploded view of Moog’s High Thrust Apogee Engine showing [left to right] the propellant control valves, the injector, the combustion chamber and the expansion cone. Credit: MOOG ARTIST’S ...