A deep dive into the design process The team now specializes in hybrid rockets that use solid fuel and liquid propellants. A ...

A solid-propellant rocket or solid rocket is a rocket with a rocket engine that uses solid propellants (fuel/oxidizer). The earliest rockets were solid-fuel rockets powered by gunpowder; they were ...

Colorado-based propulsion company Ursa Major plans to start building solid rocket motors next year at scale—moving from ...

China ’s space agency has unveiled an updated design of its first super-heavy reusable rocket which looks eerily similar to ...

When a rocket motor using solid propellant is lit it continues to burn until all of the fuel is consumed. That is not the case with this design. The acrylic is actually burning, but if the flow of ...

Unlike solid rocket fuel designs, this engine is powered by liquid fuel which comes with a ton of challenges to overcome. It is a pressure-fed engine design which involves a pressurized unreactive ...

Solid-fuel rockets are simpler in design than those using liquid fuel and easier and cheaper to store. The launch preparation takes less than a week. While the first and second tests involved ...

What are some characteristics of solid-fuel technology, and how can it help the nuclear-armed North improve its missile systems?

North Korea said Thursday it had test-fired one of its newest and most powerful weapons to boost its nuclear deterrent, with Seoul warning it could be a solid-fuel intercontinental ballistic missile.

SEOUL, - North Korea said it launched an intercontinental ballistic missile on Thursday, in what South Korean officials said could be related to its development of new solid-fuel rocket engines.