NASA is blowing stuff up to study the explosive potential of methalox rockets

SpaceX’s Starship rocket and its enormous booster are powered by 39 Raptors, while Blue Origin’s New Glenn and United Launch ...

A century after the first rocket launch, Ars staffers pick their favorites

Nevertheless, this rocket, named “Nell,” represented a historic achievement that would help launch the modern age of ...

A scientist in Massachusetts launched the world's first modern rocket 100 years ago

One hundred years ago, Robert Goddard fired the first modern rocket. The launch, on what is now a golf course in Auburn, Massachusetts, paved the way for space exploration and much more.

Rocket company, Stoke Space, makes strides toward first Florida launch

The Cape Canaveral site is where John Glenn launched to orbit. Now it will host Stoke Space's Nova rocket; an effort toward ...