The biggest excitement in the missile-preoccupied Pentagon is the rapid progress of solid-propellant rockets. Not only the solid fuels have been improved. So have the engines that were once full of ...

Modern rockets, which use a liquid or solid fuel, didn't come into being until a scientist named Dr. Robert H. Goddard developed and launched the first liquid-fueled rocket on March 16, 1926.

Welcome to Edition 8.02 of the Rocket Report! It's worth taking a moment to recognize an important anniversary in the history ...

Solid propellant rockets cannot be shut down once they have been ignited. The test engine was equipped with specially designed cutters to break open the casing and stop the test, should a ...

This liquid propellant rocket engine of the Nike-Ajax, built by the Aerojet General Corporatoin, is the U.S.'s first operational surface-to-air missile. The missile used a solid propellant booster and ...

SEOUL—North Korea tested a solid-fuel rocket engine that is central to quicker deployment of its long-range missiles, delivering on a key weapons goal for leader Kim Jong Un. Missiles typically ...

Gilmour Space was founded in 2012 and began developing its Eris rocket and motors in 2018. After many delays throughout 2024, ...

WASHINGTON – NASA has signed a $1.2 billion contract with Pratt and Whitney Rocketdyne Inc., of Canoga Park, Calif., for design, development, testing and evaluation of the J-2X engine that wi… ...

Huntsville Real-Time News From first rockets to Artemis, NASA Huntsville brings the engines Updated: Nov. 15, 2022, 4:29 p.m. | Published: Nov. 15, 2022, 3:52 p.m.

Aerojet General Corp. Summary This liquid propellant rocket engine of the Nike-Ajax, built by the Aerojet General Corporatoin, is the U.S.'s first operational surface-to-air missile. The missile used ...