All told, the Saturn V rocket boasted 11 J-2 engines, all of which held specific functions in achieving initial flight, orbital insertion, and travel to the Moon — where Neil Armstrong could ...

In the ’60s, rocket engine design and manufacturing company Rocketdyne had tried to make the J-2T Aerospike, a toroidal aerospike concept intended as an improvement over the Rocketdyne J-2 ...

For the first time since its founding, nearly a quarter of a century ago, Blue Origin had reached orbit. The long-awaited ...

Since then all the advances have been in making rockets larger and more efficient through innovations peripheral to the rocket engine itself. There are alternatives to chemical rockets ...

Shrugging off bad weather, Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin launched its powerful New Glenn rocket on its maiden flight early Thursday ...

The successful flight to orbit of the Amazon founder’s powerful rocket suggests it could grow into a credible competitor with ...

Blue Origin successfully launched the rocket after an attempt earlier in the week was scrubbed. The flight is a crucial test of the company’s ability to compete with Elon Musk’s SpaceX.

On that mission, a Falcon 9 rocket sent 27 Starlink broadband craft to low Earth orbit from Vandenberg Space Force Base. About eight minutes after liftoff, the Falcon 9's first stage returned to ...

Another point of contention is the deluge system, which creates thousands of gallons of toxic wastewater to cool launch pads and rocket engines after testing. While the EPA and the Texas ...

Rocket Lab's soaring stock price makes it a tempting opportunity for investors curious about the space economy. While the business is still relatively small, industry analysts are expecting ...

Blue Origin's New Glenn successfully reached orbit on its first-ever flight, putting it in competition with SpaceX for heavy-lift missions.

But the company failed to land New Glenn's main rocket engine, or booster, onto a platform in the Atlantic Ocean. It had hoped that the booster would be reusable for future launches but after ...