Modern spaceflight rests on a deceptively simple idea: a machine that carries its own fuel and oxidizer, then hurls exhaust backward fast enough to push itself forward. The person who first turned ...
A private Chinese firm has successfully launched the world's largest solid-propellant rocket for a second time. The company, Orienspace, launched the gigantic 30-meter Gravity-1 rocket from a barge in ...
The specifications of its overall weight and carrying capacity mean that Gravity 1 is now the world's mightiest solid-fueled ...