These hands-on projects are a highly engaging way for high school students to explore aerodynamics and physics.
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A new generation of space rockets is inching closer to launch. Private space company Astrobotic recently revealed it carried out a successful test of two of its rotating detonation rocket engines ...
Pittsburgh-based Astrobotic has completed a successful series of hot-fire tests of its rotating detonation rocket engine prototype Chakram, marking a key milestone toward bringing the experimental ...
WASHINGTON — Astrobotic, a developer of lunar landers and suborbital rockets, has successfully tested an advanced rocket engine that could power those vehicles. The Pittsburgh-based company announced ...
Pittsburgh-based aerospace company Astrobotic has made strides in developing an ultra-efficient rocket engine that could allow more cargo to reach the moon. In a test last month at NASA’s Marshall ...
This past weekend witnessed the third launch of one of the newest rockets around, the Blue Origin New Glenn. It was a perfect mission in some sense, but a complete disaster in another. And now, Jeff ...
Jeff Thornburg helped turn a government research project into SpaceX’s most powerful rocket engine. Now, he’s trying to do the same thing at his startup Portal Space Systems, which is taking an idea ...
For space fans, the past few days have been a cavalcade of awe and imagery as the Artemis II crew heads back to Earth after swinging around the moon. It's a significant accomplishment that saw the ...
The Falcon 9 rocket will carry 25 Starlink broadband internet satellites into low-Earth orbit. The launch is scheduled for Thursday, April 2, with a window opening at 4:03 p.m. PT. Viewers can watch ...
When Artemis II blasts off for its lunar flyby, its powerful SLS rocket will include some "heritage hardware." The core engines are mostly recycled space shuttle engines, along with some reused ...