Welcome to Edition 9.01 of the Rocket Report! Back in January, I wrote about the 20 launches and landings we were most ...

Scientists and engineers are developing revolutionary new engine technology that could completely transform the future of space travel and deep space exploration. Advanced propulsion systems capable ...

Jeff Thornburg helped turn a government research project into SpaceX’s most powerful rocket engine. Now, he’s trying to do the same thing at his startup Portal Space Systems, which is taking an idea ...

Engineers at UC Davis have built a remarkable device that creates power at night by tapping into something we rarely think about: the vast cold of outer space. Using a special type of Stirling engine, ...

Construction is officially underway on Tulsa’s Space Test Center, a project leaders say will strengthen Oklahoma’s growing aerospace industry. Crews have broken ground on the facility next to Tulsa ...

ORLANDO, Florida—Low-cost launch startup Stoke Space is testing flight-capable Zenith engines in the buildup to the first orbital test flight of its Nova medium-lift, reusable, two-stage rocket ...

Section 1. Purpose. Superiority in space is a measure of national vision and willpower, and the technologies Americans develop to achieve it contribute substantially to the Nation’s strength, security ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Stirling engines, which have been around for centuries, leverage temperature differentials in a gas to do light mechanical work. A new study ...

In a groundbreaking development, scientists have engineered a revolutionary engine that utilizes the cold of space to generate power. This innovative device, operating without traditional fuels, draws ...

This engine won't be fueling interstellar missions, but still finds an unexpected way to use deep space energy to generate power. Reading time 3 minutes Deep space may provide hidden sources of energy ...

There has been only one mission of the Artemis program to date, an uncrewed test flight of the Orion spacecraft that was conducted back in 2022. Judging this solely from this perspective, you could be ...

Professor Jeremy Munday has developed an experimental engine that can generate mechanical power from the temperature difference between the Earth and deep space when placed outdoors at night. The ...