Historically, the Saturn V remains the benchmark of human spaceflight. It’s 7.6 million pounds of thrust and 140-ton LEO ...

To capture this raw power in action, the spaceflight company placed a camera close to the launchpad — very close — as the ...

Rocket engine noise can burst eardrums, break windows and rattle walls. It’s a major reason why launch facilities are miles from populated areas. But such thunderous roars also can damage the very ...

Interestingly, the rocket engine was created entirely by an advanced artificial intelligence system. LEAP 71’s “Noyron,” a powerful Large Computational Engineering Model, autonomously generated the ...

NASA’s Commercial Crew Program (CCP) partner Blue Origin has successfully fired the thrust chamber assembly for its new 100,000 pound thrust BE-3 liquid oxygen, liquid hydrogen rocket engine. As part ...

The remote test stand, the largest in Asia, is designed to handle very high-thrust engine tests. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.

Despite being perhaps the pinnacle of human ingenuity and imagination, space exploration is a relatively conservative business, at least in one respect: once it's proven something works, the industry ...