L3Harris Technologies said Jan. 5 it will sell a majority stake in its space propulsion business to private equity firm AE ...
That something is nuclear propulsion. Essentially, a nuclear rocket engine is a reactor that has hydrogen running through it as a propellant, which is heated to an astonishing 3,000 K (2,727 °C, 4,940 ...
SpaceX made its eight test launch of its Starship rocket Thursday. The Starship lost its engines during ascent and lost control. The booster used to launch the Starship returned to base and was caught ...