Rather than utilizing the staged combustion cycle found in other rocket engines, the Merlin uses a gas generator cycle, with a pintle injector providing combustion stability. Ever Since the Merlin ...

The Yakovlev Yak-9 and North American P-51 Mustang are two of the most infamous fighters of the Second World War.

With the launch Friday and another Falcon 9 flight Monday (this one with a booster on its 15th mission), SpaceX has launched Falcon 9 rockets 423 times. The fleet leader, Booster No. 1,067, has now ...

One of China’s latest commercial launch companies has secured early funding as it aims to develop a launcher featuring first ...

That's why rockets have to carry tanks of both fuel and oxidizer. The SpaceX Falcon 9's Merlin engines use rocket-grade kerosene (RP-1) fuel with liquid oxygen as the oxidizer. NASA's Space Launch ...

World War II marked a significant push in military aircraft innovation, eschewing most of the biplanes from the previous war ...

SpaceX on Wednesday night launched a Spanish communications satellite from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida and retired ...

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has weighed in on his billionaire space rival Jeff Bezos's launch of his Blue Origin rocket, after its inaugural flight was delayed earlier this week.

"The gunpowder produced here is used for various types of small arms, artillery, and rocket ... presented the Merlin-VR in 2021, and the Russian army has been using it on the battlefield since 2022.

Russian scientists have developed a plasma electric rocket engine that could enable travel to Mars in just one to two months.