Researchers led by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign are studying salt-based propellants that have the potential to power dual-mode rockets that work as both combustion and ion engines.

SpaceX Starship was run through a wet dress rehearsal for launch. Watch amazing drone view of the frosty rocket as it was filled with over 10 million pounds of propellant. Credit: Space.com | footage ...

The Peregrin lunar lander, crippled by a propellant leak shortly after launch early Monday, is now expected to run out of fuel Thursday and will not be able to carry out its planned landing on the ...

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The company behind the first U.S. commercial moon lander says there is now no chance of a successful landing on the lunar surface after the spacecraft suffered a propellant leak. “Given the propellant ...

The Ball Aerospace-led Green Propellant Infusion Mission, funded by NASA, has flown for 13 months using an alternative to hydrazine. Credit: Ball Aerospace WASHINGTON — Ball Aerospace says it has ...

A common design for launch/space propulsion involves liquid propellants. In this application, often there is a gaseous pressurant stored in a Composite Overwrapped Pressure Vessel (COPV) at high ...

Phase Four won a U.S. Air Force AFWERX contract in 2021 to test iodine propellant in its electric thrusters. Credit: Phase Four SAN FRANCISCO – Phase Four won a Defense Advanced Research Projects ...