Rocket Report: Blue Origin explosion still making headlines; Impulse raises money

Welcome to Edition 8.44 of the Rocket Report! The news this week is decidedly weighted in favor of heavy-lift rockets, ...

Methane rocket fuel is easier to handle and convenient but, as Blue Origin saw, it can be very explosive

Going straight up is hard. It takes a lot of energy. For those of us who enjoy hiking, cycling or running, hills are the bane ...

Safety officials finally have a good idea of what a big rocket explosion can do

Last week’s explosion of a New Glenn rocket at Cape Canaveral, Florida, was clearly a setback for Blue Origin and NASA, but ...
New Atlas

Thumbnail-sized thrusters could take CubeSats to Mars

Engineers at MIT have successfully tested a hybrid propulsion system for small satellites that combines the raw punch of ...