Stunning NASA video of a successful hot fire test reveals Europe's lightweight Vega launcher is on schedule to deliver cheap and efficient rocket launches this decade. Video footage from the "hot-fire ...

There’s a reason why a rocket has to go so fast to escape Earth. It’s about gravity – something all of us experience every moment of every day. Gravity is the force that pulls you toward the ground.

Engineers in Scotland and Ukraine have begun testing a rocket that "eats itself". It will lift satellites into orbit by burning its own body as fuel. Rocketry is a wasteful business. A rocket uses ...

Using supersonic shockwaves for combustion, the groundbreaking design could allow aircraft to travel up to six times the speed of sound. Reading time: Reading time 4 minutes Venus Aerospace is a ...

A Singapore and Australian start-up is building hybrid rocket engines powered by 3D-printed fuel that could revolutionise space travel and challenge Elon Musk's SpaceX ambitions by making it much ...

Nasa has released a new video demonstrating the power core of its upcoming behemoth of a rocket, the Space Launch System. The clip is from a recent "hot fire" test of the engine that is set to power ...

Nasa is building robots that can dig up Martian soil and convert it into rocket fuel. The machines will strip water from the soil and convert it into methane - a compound that has been tipped to power ...

A British team is developing a car that will be capable of reaching 1,000mph (1,610km/h). Powered by a rocket bolted to a Eurofighter-Typhoon jet engine, the vehicle will first mount an assault on the ...

NASA elected to grab key components from the Redstone and Jupiter rockets, combining multiple fuel tank designs together to ...

Engineers in Scotland and Ukraine have begun testing a rocket that "eats itself". It will lift satellites into orbit by burning its own body as fuel. Rocketry is a wasteful business. A rocket uses ...