Rockets

NASA and DARPA are planning a nuclear powered rocket by 2027

Where can we sign up?

By Cassidy Ward 4 months ago

Behold Artemis 1's liftoff in stunning slow motion, and the melted launch pad it left behind

3... 2... 1... 

By Cassidy Ward 6 months ago

Odds are way better than you think that space junk could hit a person within a decade

The worst kind of lottery to win.

By Cassidy Ward 10 months ago

Building an interstellar ramjet might be possible, but insanely difficult

We probably shouldn't hold our breath.

By Cassidy Ward 1 year ago

Dizzying! SpinLaunch hurls rockets into space by spinning them around real fast. Really.

David of David and Goliath fame was really on to something.

By Vanessa Armstrong 1 year ago

Attending NASA's NG-16 Antares rocket launch feels like going to infinity and beyond

By Elizabeth Rayne 1 year ago

Supersonic rockets could get limitless boosts in a way that was supposed to be impossible

By Elizabeth Rayne 2 years ago

Don't panic, but a big Chinese rocket will make an uncontrolled re-entry this weekend

By Phil Plait 2 years ago

200,000 horsepower 'Aussie Invader' rocket car targets 1,000-mph world land speed record

By Jeff Spry 2 years ago

NASA's new FSB-1 megarocket booster test just torched an entire Utah hillside

By Jeff Spry 2 years ago