Compared with airbreathing engines, rockets are lightweight and powerful and capable of generating large accelerations.

3 days ago · NASA's towering SLS rocket that will help propel four astronauts on a historic journey around the moon is now visible at the launch pad in Florida.

Dec 23, 2025 · Rocket, any of a type of jet-propulsion device carrying either solid or liquid propellants that provide both the fuel and oxidizer required for combustion. The term is commonly applied to any …

Apr 22, 2025 · Spacecraft launch on rockets and have their own propulsion and navigation systems that take over after they separate from the rocket, propelling them to other worlds in our solar system.

Jun 30, 2021 · A rocket generates thrust using a controlled explosion as the fuel and oxidant undergo a violent chemical reaction.

Since the invention of gunpowder in China more than seven centuries ago, humans have sent cylinders soaring into the skies with the help of controlled explosions. These craft and their engines,...

Apr 6, 2023 · The rocket is a reaction-propulsion device that carries all of its propellants internally. It has been around for over a millennium since its invention in China around the year 1000.

6 days ago · Nasa is preparing to roll out its most powerful rocket yet before a mission to send astronauts around the moon and back again for the first time in more than 50 years.

Nov 21, 2023 · The Beginner's Guide to Rockets will introduce you to the basics behind rocket science. The Beginner’s Guide to Rockets will help you learn the basic math and physics that govern the …

4 days ago · The 322-foot (98-meter) rocket began its 1-mph (1.6-kph) creep from Kennedy Space Center's Vehicle Assembly Building at daybreak. The 4-mile (6-kilometer) trek took until nightfall. …