You've likely watched space shuttles launch using massive rockets, but how exactly do the rockets that are the backbone of ...

NASA is aiming to launch its deep space-bound Space Launch System (SLS) in December 2019, even though a review has suggested it's not likely to fly until mid-2020. The launch date has already been ...

Plenty more launches are to come, including another test of SpaceX’s massive Starship rocket, which exploded while in flight ...

A nuclear fusion rocket could be the key to unlocking speedy flights in space exploration, and one company hopes to test it ...

A Japanese space startup is buying US-made rocket engines for use with its small, reusable launch vehicles in a bid to bridge ...

Unlike conventional chemical rockets, Sunbird relies on nuclear fusion – a process that replicates the energy production at the core of stars – to propel spacecraft.

BRUNSWICK, Maine (WGME) -- "BluShift Aerospace" in Brunswick has completed the latest test on its hybrid rocket engine. It happened Friday afternoon at Brunswick Landing and anyone nearby was sure to ...

Rocket Lab reported earnings last week, but that's not all the news it shared. It's also planning a floating landing pad, and it has invented a flatter satellite. It also doubled one launch ...