The U.S. Army Redstone Test Center is located on Redstone Arsenal and is a subordinate command of the U.S. Army Test and ...

Engine technology is evolving faster than ever, and some of the strangest innovations are redefining what we thought was ...

SpaceDev’s highly innovative hybrid rocket motor technology uses nitrous oxide (N2O) or laughing gas, as an oxidizer, and hydroxy-terminated polybutadiene (HTPB), or rubber, as the fuel.

Hybrid and Environmentally Friendly Rocket Propulsion ・There has been a growing interest in hybrid rocket propulsion, which combines aspects of solid and liquid fuels to create a more ...

SpaceDev announced the award of a $2.7 million contract by the Air Force to begin work on a large hybrid rocket motor. SpaceDev is to design, develop and test a small common booster capable of ...

BUTTE, Mont. - At a test site outside of Butte, workers with the Space Propulsion Group ... They're getting ready to fire off a hybrid rocket engine they designed and built, for the first time.

Dr. Kim, who created a plasma thruster design for the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched last year, said he hopes the tech can be used for future deep-space missions.

BYU Rocketry Club members assemble the launch trailer and hybrid motor rocket for a test launch on April 5 in Tooele. (Photo: TJ Neyman) Once inspected, the students erected the launch rail tower ...

Deep space exploration might no longer be confined to sci-fi after scientists began testing a rocket thruster which promises to boldly go further than ever before. Astro engineers from the ...

Hybrid and Environmentally Friendly Rocket Propulsion There has been a growing interest in hybrid rocket propulsion, which combines aspects of solid and liquid fuels to create a more controllable ...