Oftentimes, we hear the phrase "Well, it's not rocket science," but for this group of Purdue University students, it actually ...

L3Harris Technologies is selling a 60% stake in its space propulsion business to AE Industrial Partners for $845 million, ...

Mars has always felt like a distant neighbor, reachable only after a long, risky cruise through deep space. Now engineers inside NASA are sketching a very different future, one where a nuclear powered ...

WASHINGTON — L3Harris Technologies said Jan. 5 it will sell a majority stake in its space propulsion business to private equity firm AE Industrial Partners, marking the first major restructuring of ...

A growing cadence … The Ariane 6 rocket has launched five times, including its debut flight in July 2024. All of the launches ...

Rocket Lab last month said it shipped the18-ft.-dia. fairing, which opens and closes like a clamshell, to Neutron’s launch site at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility ...

Northrop Grumman test-fired a solid rocket motor called SMASH!22 Dec. 4 as part of its SMART Demo development program. Credit: Northrop Grumman WASHINGTON — Northrop Grumman tested a solid rocket ...

Nuclear rockets are moving from Cold War concept to near-term hardware, and the shift could reshape how quickly and safely humans cross the solar system. By pairing compact reactors with efficient ...

ORLANDO SCIENCE CENTER. AND THIS MORNING WE’RE GOING TO DO SOME EXPLORING OF WHAT YOU GET WHEN YOU MIX FUEL, HEAT, OXYGEN AND A CAN OF PRINGLES. I’M INTRIGUED. MARK WESH 2’S MARQUISE MEDA BRINGS US ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) (THE CONVERSATION) Every year, companies and space agencies launch hundreds of rockets ...

L3Harris will retain a minority investment interest and continue to act as a strategic partner to the business AE Industrial plans to restore and use the “Rocketdyne” name for the acquired business AE ...

Editor’s note: This series profiles six of the Seattle region’s “Uncommon Thinkers”: inventors, scientists, technologists and entrepreneurs transforming industries and driving positive change in the ...