Get ready to soar to new heights with this easy and fun DIY project! Learn how to turn a plastic bottle into a rocket that can actually blast off into the air. This creative and educational science ...

After a rocket uses up its fuel, the tank generally lingers behind, either plummeting back to Earth or floating through space for eternity. Because the Ouroborous-3 burns most of its structure, ...

It’s a relatively new choice for rocket fuel, and it debuted in 2007 with a successful NASA engine test. Burning methane creates about 10 percent more specific impulse—the rocket equivalent of ...

By the time the rocket has reached orbit, there’s basically nothing left of it. While the idea for a self-consuming rocket originated in the 1930s, there hasn’t been much of a use case for it ...

But if a rocket could burn its own parts as fuel, it could free up capacity for transporting more important science projects and supplies. A team of engineers has built a prototype of one of these ...

First conceived of in 1945, this is a rocket that replaces burning chemical fuel with a nuclear reactor that is used to heat up a propellant. This propellant is most likely hydrogen, though ...