Liquid Vs. Solid Fuel Rockets: What's The Difference?

When it comes to powering rockets, you can either go with liquid fuel or solid fuel, but there are some critical differences ...

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 of our existence. The hills sap us of our strength and speed, and they ...

Rocket launches and reentries harm Earth's ozone layer

The space industry is surging. In coming years, nearly 10,000 spacecraft are slated to launch into low-Earth orbit for a variety of purposes, such as global surveillance, space tourism, and satellite ...
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Lift-off: Making rocket fuel from soil bacteria

A rocket carrying three astronauts on a mission to China’s new space station was launched Sunday – Copyright AFP STR Scientists are using bacteria to develop ...

MIT's new rocket system could help tiny satellites travel all the way to Mars

Small satellites called CubeSats are cheap to build and easy to launch, but they have one big problem. They can either move ...