WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — When SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule splashed down off the Florida coast in August following its first crewed mission, the two astronauts inside could not exit the capsule ...

During the Apollo era, NASA astronauts relied on a rocket tower at the top of the capsule to pull them safely away in case of an emergency. If it wasn’t used, the tower was jettisoned after the Saturn ...

NASA and SpaceX have delayed the launch of a Cargo Dragon spacecraft for at least a couple of weeks due to an issue during the prelaunch loading of hypergolic propellants. The space agency had been ...

Lars Osborne of Agile Space Propulsion presented their storable propellant hypergolic rocket engines at Space Access 2019. Their engines are well suited for lunar and planetary landers and upper ...

A cargo Dragon spacecraft docked to the International Space Station earlier this year, with several of its Draco thrusters visible. Credit: NASA WASHINGTON — NASA and SpaceX have postponed the launch ...

THOUSAND OAKS, Calif., July 22, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Frontier Aerospace, a leader in next-generation liquid rocket propulsion, today announced the successful first hot-fire of its new hypergolic ...

LOUISVILLE, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The photo has been updated. The release reads: SIERRA SPACE EXPANDS VORTEX® PRODUCT LINE WITH NEW 1,500 LBF HYPERGOLIC ENGINE VORTEX® VRM1500-H is a new addition to ...

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. (Aug. 5, 2013) -- A team of Army researchers developed a new gel-propellant engine called the vortex engine. Michael Nusca, Ph.D., Robert Michaels and Nathan Mathis were ...

NASA’s decision to drop the development of liquid oxygen-and-methane-fueled engines from its Crew Exploration Vehicle (CEV) program is viewed as an opportunity lost by proponents of the clean-burning ...

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. (Aug. 5, 2013) -- A team of Army researchers developed a new gel-propellant engine called the vortex engine. Michael Nusca, Ph.D., Robert Michaels and Nathan Mathis were ...