XCOR Aerospace announced today that it had won a $3.3 million contract with ATK as part of ATK’s contract to develop low-cost LOX/methane rocket propulsion for NASA. Together with ATK, XCOR will ...
BREMEN, Germany—Chinese state space industrial group Casc will begin testing a demonstrator methane-burning rocket engine using the expander configuration in November. Discussion of the work at the ...
The stainless steel Zhuque-3 could become China's most powerful reusable rocket. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Chinese ...
SINGAPORE—Korean Air’s Aerospace Division (KAL-ASD) and Hyundai Rotem have launched a joint program to develop a 35-ton-class reusable methane rocket engine for future launch vehicles. The effort is ...
Rocket launches have shifted from rare national events to weekly fixtures on livestreams, yet the environmental tab for this new routine is only now coming into focus. The same plumes that lift ...
Methane comes in different isotopic signatures. Methane from fossil fuels like natural gas leaks or coal mines is heavier, ...