A new rocket thruster could lead to ‘never-ending’ deep-space exploration by converting metals to fuel. Scientists at the University of Southampton are trialling a propulsion system which uses ...

WASHINGTON — NASA takes a major step toward returning astronauts to space when engineers this week ship an improved rocket fuel tank that has been refitted to avoid the falling debris that caused the ...

Before dawn, launch teams started the lengthy, delicate process of filling the rocket’s core-stage fuel tanks with several hundred thousand gallons of super-cooled liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen ...