A solid-propellant rocket or solid rocket is a rocket with a rocket engine that uses solid propellants (fuel/oxidizer). The earliest rockets were solid-fuel rockets powered by gunpowder; they were ...

A private Chinese firm has successfully launched the world's largest solid-propellant rocket for a second time. The company, Orienspace, launched the gigantic 30-meter Gravity-1 rocket from a barge in ...

Moments after liftoff from Florida’s Space Coast early Thursday morning, a shower of sparks emerged in the exhaust plume of United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan rocket. Seconds later, the rocket twisted on ...

Anduril is developing the Alitec solid rocket propellant to enhance tactical missile performance. Above, Anduril test-fires its Denali 18 inch hypersonic rocket booster at its McHenry, Mississippi, ...

Ursa Major developed and tested a 6-inch diameter composite grain pathfinder motor. Credit: Ursa Major WASHINGTON — Rocket engine startup Ursa Major is targeting the solid rocket motors market, the ...

NASA’s Space Shuttle program successfully fired a full-scale Reusable Solid Rocket Motor at a Promontory, Utah, test facility today, testing modifications that will enhance the safety and integrity of ...

PROMONTORY — Despite an explosion that led to the total loss of a building at the Northrop Grumman complex near Promontory last week, the company said work on solid rocket motor projects will not be ...

ISP is a rapidly growing provider of small-diameter energetic and propulsion technologies, with more than 40 years of flight-proven expertise in the design, testing and manufacturing of tactical boost ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 3D printing can be used to build with all kinds of materials – even those that go 'boom.' kynny/iStock via Getty Images Imagine ...

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Karman Space & Defense (“Karman”, “Karman Holdings, Inc.” or “the Company”) (NYSE: KRMN), a leader in the rapid ...