Why it’s so hard to fuel the Artemis rockets

Liquid hydrogen fuel leaks forced NASA to delay the launch of Artemis II—the same scenario it encountered four years ago ...

Plasma engines are emerging as the next frontier in deep-space propulsion

Plasma propulsion transforms an inert propellant – often hydrogen – into plasma, a superheated mix of ions and electrons. Magnetic fields then funnel and accelerate the ...
Wandsworth Guardian

Nasa targets launch in March for Moon rocket after test run reveals fuel leaks

Nasa has said it will now target a March launch date for its new Moon rocket after running into exasperating fuel leaks during a make-or-break test a day earlier. The space agency said in a statement ...

Elon Musk confirms SpaceX has acquired xAI to accelerate his space-based data center plans

Elon Musk’s rocket company SpaceX Corp. today said it has acquired his artificial intelligence startup xAI Corp. ahead of ...

Russia Is Building a Plasma Engine to Get Humans to Mars in 30 Days

Plasma engines could be the future of human space travel, and Russia’s “manetoplasma rockets” have the most ambitious travel goals ...

NASA fuels moon rocket in crucial test to decide when Artemis astronauts will launch

NASA is fueling its new moon rocket in one final make-or-break test before sending astronauts on a lunar fly-around ...

F1’s new engines are the sport’s biggest gamble in 12 years. Here’s what changed

While engine performance across manufacturers has largely been balanced in recent years, the 2026 changes could deliver significant, potentially decisive gains. In 2014, when F1 first introduced ...
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Space shuttle Challenger explosion remembered, 40 years later

The space shuttle Challenger explosion was a defining moment of the 1980s. Whether you were watching on TV or in person, ...
Business Wire

Astra Ships 110 Satellite Engines, Focuses on 2026 Test Flight of New Rocket

ALAMEDA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Astra today announced it has shipped 110 satellite engine systems since January 1, 2025, surpassing a key operating milestone set when the company went private in ...
Wall Street Journal

L3Harris to Sell Rocket-Engine Business to Buyout Firm

The deal includes Aerojet Rocketdyne RL-10 rocket engines. (Craig Bailey/Florida Today/USA Today Network/Reuters) Defense contractor L3Harris Technologies struck a deal to sell a controlling interest ...
Sun Sentinel

Rocketdyne name to be revived after L3Harris sells part of rocket engine business to Boca-based firm

Melbourne-based L3Harris acquired the vast rocket engine company Aerojet Rocketdyne in 2023, but on Monday announced it was selling a controlling interest in the majority of those operations to ...