Artificial intelligence is quietly reshaping how rockets fly, how spacecraft sip propellant and how engineers think about the leap to nuclear propulsion. What began as a set of algorithms for ...

SpaceX revolutionized space travel by creating rockets that could be safely recovered after a launch. Now China is attempting to follow suit. There are fewer technological domains where the Americans ...

A busy SpaceX is planning only one day off between its two most recent rocket launches from Southern California. Missed the most recent rocket launch from the Santa Barbara County launch site? This ...

Mississippi State mechanical engineering senior Cooper Shanks, left, watches as 6-year-old Christopher Best shows off his custom “Christopher VI” rocket, built for him by MSU’s Space Cowboys.

That's two-part PCA, polymer cased ammunition. The powdered propellant is contained by a polymer (cotton) bag (case). The case is designed to burn, as opposed to other examples of PCA like a shotgun ...

A busy SpaceX is planning only one day off between its two most recent rocket launches from Southern California. The commercial spaceflight company's Falcon 9 rocket is due to lift off once again in a ...