The Colibri rocket rarely missed its mark. Credit: Gruyere Space Program Tsiolkovsky’s rocket equation does not explicitly call out the aerodynamics of cheese, but that is a factor the Gruyere ...

The USC Rocket Propulsion Lab launches its rocket Nevada’s remote Black Rock Desert on Oct. 20. USC Rocket Propulsion Lab. They also blew through the record for the fastest speed reached by an ...

Nuclear thermal propulsion could also one day power maneuverable space platforms that would protect American satellites in and beyond Earth’s orbit. But the technology is still in development.

A new rocket thruster could enable "never-ending" voyages into deep space by using any type of metal as fuel. A team at the University of Southampton is testing a new propulsion system which would ...