Interestingly, though, the modern incarnation of reusable rocketry has come back to the same basic fuel as the human body uses: hydrocarbons. Granted, SpaceX and Blue Origin’s massive rockets are not ...

Last week’s explosion of a New Glenn rocket at Cape Canaveral, Florida, was clearly a setback for Blue Origin and NASA, but ...

Today XCOR Aerospace announced a series of successful test firings of its new 7,500 pound thrust rocket engine. The tests were conducted as part of a $3.3 million subcontract XCOR has with Alliant ...

Blue Origin, which is owned by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, was gearing up for a June launch to put a batch of Amazon "Leo" ...

Cheaper, cleaner methane key to Beijing-based firm's plan to develop reusable rocket LandSpace looking to test its first reusable rocket soon Launch put into orbit satellites developed by ...

XCOR Aerospace announced today that it had won a $3.3 million contract with ATK as part of ATK’s contract to develop low-cost LOX/methane rocket propulsion for NASA. Together with ATK, XCOR will ...

Why SpaceX’s giant Starship rocket is not worsening the fuel crisis — but may still raise profound climate questions.

Chinese commercial launch firm Landspace is preparing for the first flight of its Zhuque-3 rocket, with a debut launch targeted for the final quarter of 2025. Zhuque-3 is a stainless steel rocket with ...

BEIJING (Reuters) -A new methane-powered rocket developed by China's LandSpace Technology launched six satellites into orbit on Saturday, as the private startup doubles down on a cheap, cleaner fuel ...