At last week’s Washington meeting of the American Rocket Society, a 90-ft. Titan missile stood outside the building; often discussed at the meeting were other liquid-fuel rockets. These types are ...

In the near century since Robert Goddard, the founder of modern rocketry, fired the first liquid-fuel rocket into the sky, rocket scientists worldwide have favored liquid-fuel engines to power ...

This media is in the public domain (free of copyright restrictions). You can copy, modify, and distribute this work without contacting the Smithsonian. For more information, visit the Smithsonian's ...

Description: Project BLERP aims to design and construct a reusable liquid rocket engine and launch stand that can be re-used and studied by future students at University of Colorado Boulder. The goal ...

As stricter fuel regulations and pressures intensify for a solution to the rising greenhouse gas emissions, the maritime ...